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TONJ - 23 Jun 2017

Cholera cases decreasing in Tonj State

File photo: MSF/Nick Owen
File photo: MSF/Nick Owen

Cholera deaths and infections in South Sudan’s Tonj state have decreased after the national health ministry and the World Health Organisation intervened, a medical official said.

Tonj state medical officer, Makuei Wek Ngor, told Radio Tamazuj on Friday that 38 deaths were recorded since the cholera outbreak in mid-May. Wek further said they have been able to contain the spread in the past few weeks.

“The total number of those infected from 17 May to 21 June is 1,031. The patients who have died from that time to date are 38. The infection has slowly decreased in the areas where there are treatment centres,” he said.

The medical officer pointed out that about three cases are reported daily at health facilities across the state as compared to more than 10 cases when the outbreak first started.

He explained that the disease has spread to other areas of Tonj state such as Marial-Lou in Tonj north. “One case was reported in Tonj town on Monday. “I thank government of Tonj and the government of South Sudan for their help and also WHO they have helped us a lot,” said Wek.