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The World Health Organization says a total of 39 people have reportedly died as cholera spreads to other states in South Sudan since an outbreak was declared last month, AFP reports.
South Sudan’s health ministry officially declared an outbreak of the diarrhea disease on June 23, although the first case was tracked back to a UN camp in the capital Juba on May 18.
A total of 1,212 cholera cases including 39 deaths have been recorded, with the highly contagious infection spreading from the capital Juba in Central Equatoria to neighbouring Jonglei state.
Efforts to stem cholera are being hampered by rampant inflation and “an ailing economic situation”.
South Sudan’s health ministry officially declared an outbreak of the diarrhea disease on June 23, although the first case was tracked back to a UN camp in the capital Juba on May 18.
A total of 1,212 cholera cases including 39 deaths have been recorded, with the highly contagious infection spreading from the capital Juba in Central Equatoria to neighbouring Jonglei state.
Efforts to stem cholera are being hampered by rampant inflation and “an ailing economic situation”.
