A health official in Eastern Equatoria said they received reports of eight suspected cholera cases in Torit town, marking the spread of the disease from Juba.

The Catholic Radio Network, which has a station in Torit, quoted the state director of primary health care Ercillia Akulu as saying that two of the eight cases were confirmed to be cholera.

He said the state formed an emergency response taskforce including officials from the border town of Nimule to contain the cholera outbreak.

Akulu revealed that other taskforces in the counties are on standby and that the World Health Organization deployed officials with vaccines and other drugs to Nimule Hospital.

Over 1700 cases of cholera have been treated in South Sudan since the outbreak started, with most cases in the capital city Juba.

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