Mysterious Disease Kills over 89 People in Sudan

A mysterious disease has overtaken the country of Sudan. The disease has killed nearly 89 people in Fangak, Jonglei State, in South Sudan. 

World Health Organization (WHO) has sent a task force to South Sudan which is worst affected by flooding to identify the illness. 

Sheila Baya from WHO while speaking to BBC said, “We decided to send a rapid response team to go and do risk assessment and investigation; that is when they will be able to collect samples from the sick people - but provisionally the figure that we got was that there were 89 deaths.”

Baya further added that the scientists had to reach Fangkak via helicopter due to severe flooding. The group are waiting for transport to return them to Capital Juba. 

So far the samples have returned negative for Cholera said local health officials in Fangak.

The country is also facing the worst flooding ever in 60 years. Communities are facing shortage of food and water. Flooding has prevented communities from accessing vital commodities. 

 Lam Tungwar Kueigwong, the state's minister of land, housing and public utilities, said that the increased flooding in the bordering state of Unity is causing diseases and malnutrition due to shortage of water. 

More than 700,000 people have been affected by the worst flooding in the country for nearly 60 years, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said, blaming climate change.