New Cholera outbreak kills 19 in South Sudan
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June 23, 2015 (JUBA) – At least 19 people have died and nearly 200
admitted at Cholera centers in South Sudan capital, Juba as government
declared an outbreak of the disease.
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A child receives an oral cholera vaccine dose at the UNMISS Tomping
camp in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, where tens of thousands of South
Sudanese are living in makeshift shelters (Photo: Wendy van
Amerongen/Medair)
Riek Gai Kok, the South Sudanese minister of health, told a news
conference on Tuesday that the death tolls mainly accumulated between
1-23 June.
“And up to today, we have 171 cases of cholera and 18 cases of death
due to Cholera in different parts of Juba. Nine of these cases
occurred in Juba Teaching hospital. Nine of these cases occurred at
home,” the minister told reporters in Juba.
John Rumunu, the director for preventable diseases said another
patient with the disease died on Monday bringing to 19 the numbers of
people who succumbed to it.
Officials say 167 people died in 2014 after government confirmed over
1,000 Cholera cases. There are no clean drinking water points in Juba
and resident relies on water transported by tanks drivers to their
households.
The health minister, however, said Cholera cases would be minimised this year.
“We have set up the treatment center. We have been also scaling up our
surveillance all over the country,” he said.
The first suspected cholera case occurred at United Nations Mission in
South Sudan (UNMISS)-manned Protection of Civilians site (PoCs) in
Juba, according minister Kok.
Cholera is a bacterial disease that affects one after eating or
drinking contaminated food or water. The disease can reportedly be
avoided by washing hands after visiting latrines and boiling drinking
water.
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