CAIRO — A cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed nearly 20 people and infected hundreds more in recent weeks, health officials said Sunday, as the African country is gripped by 16 months of conflict and devastating floods.
At least 22 people have died from the disease and at least 354 cases of cholera have been confirmed across the governorate in recent weeks, Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a statement.
Ibrahim did not say when the deaths were, or how many there were so far this year, but the World Health Organization said 78 cholera deaths had been recorded in Sudan as of July 28 this year, and that more than 2,400 people had contracted cholera between January 1 and July 28.
The cholera outbreak is the latest disaster for Sudan, which was plunged into war last April after simmering tensions between the army and powerful paramilitary groups erupted.
