213 taken ill by diphtheria
Bacterial epidemic spreads to neighboring areas of North Darfur’s Tawaisha localityThe epidemic bacterial diphtheria has spread from North Darfur’s Tawaisha to El-laiet Jar Elnabi County and infected at least 213 people in the regions of Fataha, Elmashrout and Shaq El-lieon, sources told Radio Dabanga on Friday.Witnesses and medical aid workers said that the disease spread in the region of Elmashrout West of Haskanita where 72 cases of the disease were registered. They also said that a medical team was sent to Elmashrout on Thursday to assess the situation.Sources stated that the disease had spread to Shaq El-lieon, south of El-laiet, where 43 cases were registered while 65 cases were registered in Elwaqaiba. They also said that seven other cases were registered in the area of Fataha.Activists from the county called on the ministry of health to send a medical team to the county to investigate the disease and prescribe treatment for it.
Bacterial epidemic spreads to neighboring areas of North Darfur’s Tawaisha locality
The epidemic bacterial diphtheria has spread from North Darfur’s Tawaisha to El-laiet Jar Elnabi County and infected at least 213 people in the regions of Fataha, Elmashrout and Shaq El-lieon, sources told Radio Dabanga on Friday.
Witnesses and medical aid workers said that the disease spread in the region of Elmashrout West of Haskanita where 72 cases of the disease were registered. They also said that a medical team was sent to Elmashrout on Thursday to assess the situation.
Sources stated that the disease had spread to Shaq El-lieon, south of El-laiet, where 43 cases were registered while 65 cases were registered in Elwaqaiba. They also said that seven other cases were registered in the area of Fataha.
Activists from the county called on the ministry of health to send a medical team to the county to investigate the disease and prescribe treatment for it.
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