Sudanese Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said that the recent increase in cholera rates in Khartoum State ranges between 600 and 700 cases per week, during the past four weeks, in light of reports of dozens of death.
Ibrahim explained the preparation of centers for cholera in the state of Khartoum, in addition to working to purify drinking water, in light of warnings of the outbreak of the disease throughout the state.
The Minister of Health attributed the spread of cholera to the return of large numbers of the residents of Jabal Al -Awliya and the righteous to their areas, after the army regained control, without providing drinking water.
Press reports reported the death of 51 people as a result of cholera, noting that the number of injuries Override Two thousand cases, while it was reported The Sudan Doctors Network has the death of 9 cases due to the spread of cholera and the arrival of 521 cases of the “Al -Nou” Hospital in Omdurman.
The network also launched an urgent appeal to the health authorities to remedy the situation after the spread of the cholera epidemic and the high cases of injury, calling on the federal health authorities and the Ministry of Health in Khartoum to purify public areas, close markets, prevent the sale of food on public roads, and prevent water transport through primitive roads.
The Sudan Doctors ’Network appealed to regional and international organizations to quickly respond and provide all medical aids to reduce the risk of the cholera epidemic in Khartoum, after it caused a significant increase in the rate of injury and deaths during the past week.
On the other hand, the emergency room North Darfur reported that 20 women died in the city of Al -Kuma as a result of the acute shortage of medicines and medical supplies for safe childbirth.
It is noteworthy that the Sudanese authorities had doubled their precautionary measures after officially announced the outbreak of the cholera epidemic in an attempt to limit its spread, noting that 5 states were affected more.
It also talked about providing part of the budgets for the states to run the work, and to continue supplies by following the needs in the states concerned, based on the difficulty of the health situation.