95 cholera cases, 17 deaths in Tonj East County: Official File photo: MSF/Nick Owen
A cholera outbreak in Tonj state has killed 17 people, and left nearly 95 others sick in Tonj East Count, a government official said.Cholera is a highly contagious bacterial infection spread through contaminated food or water. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Wednesday, Makuei Wek, Head of Cholera Monitoring and Evaluation Department at Tonj’s Ministry of Health said that since 14 May, 254 cholera cases had been registered out of which 17 cholera deaths were recorded. He pointed out that some patients admitted to healthcare centres in the area have already been discharged, while 95 cases are still receiving treatment.The official also mentioned that four healthcare centres have been receiving between 4 to 5 cholera cases daily since the outbreak of the disease last month. Share this -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooEyh5VYTW7%3DqvaST7-GVTRBC729u7uEj99zAvWPAOU6A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
