Cholera Outbreak In Sudanese City Kills Nearly 60 People, Sickens About 1,300 Others Over Three-Day Period

The AP (2/22, Magdy) reported, “A cholera outbreak in a southern Sudanese city killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days, health authorities said Saturday.” The cholera “outbreak in the southern city of Kosti was blamed mainly on contaminated drinking water after the city’s water supply facility was knocked out during an attack by a notorious paramilitary group, the health ministry said.” In a statement, “the ministry said...the disease killed 58 people and sickened 1,293 others between Thursday and Saturday in Kosti, 420 kilometers (261 miles) south of the capital, Khartoum.” The health “ministry said it has taken a series of measures to fight the outbreak, including launching a vaccination campaign against cholera in the city.”