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FANGAK - 6 DEC 2021
Fears as 90 people die of mysterious illness in Jonglei's Fangak County
Fear has gripped Fangak County of South Sudan's Jonglei State after officials and locals reported about 90 deaths from a mysterious illness since October.
The county commissioner Boutrus Biel told Radio Tamazuj that victims present with chest pains, vomiting, and diarrhea before succumbing.
“People are dying in Fangak County. It started on October 2 in the county headquarters, New Fangak town, and also the surrounding villages. So far, we lost 90 people especially the elderly and children after experiencing heart pains, vomiting, and diarrhea,” Biel said.
The commissioner says they suspect it is a waterborne disease linked to an oil spill in the county and called on the national government to urgently intervene.
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8th December 2021
MoH dispatches medical team to investigate Fangak strange disease
Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 10 hours ago]
One of the schools submerged by floods in Fangak town - credit | Boutros Biel
The Ministry of health has today Wednesday deployed a rapid response medical team to investigate circumstances under which nearly 100 people in Fangak area of Jonglei State died.
Last week, the county commissioner appealed for the intervention of health authorities to investigate the outbreak of the strange disease in the area.
Biel Boutros said the unknown illness has so far claimed the lives of 90 people in the county since October.
The symptoms of the disease include diarrhea, high fever, joint pains, vomiting, body weakness, and loss of appetite.
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Fears as 90 people die of mysterious illness in Jonglei's Fangak County
Fear has gripped Fangak County of South Sudan's Jonglei State after officials and locals reported about 90 deaths from a mysterious illness since October.
The county commissioner Boutrus Biel told Radio Tamazuj that victims present with chest pains, vomiting, and diarrhea before succumbing.
“People are dying in Fangak County. It started on October 2 in the county headquarters, New Fangak town, and also the surrounding villages. So far, we lost 90 people especially the elderly and children after experiencing heart pains, vomiting, and diarrhea,” Biel said.
The commissioner says they suspect it is a waterborne disease linked to an oil spill in the county and called on the national government to urgently intervene.
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8th December 2021
MoH dispatches medical team to investigate Fangak strange disease
Author: Lasuba Memo | Published: 10 hours ago]
One of the schools submerged by floods in Fangak town - credit | Boutros Biel
The Ministry of health has today Wednesday deployed a rapid response medical team to investigate circumstances under which nearly 100 people in Fangak area of Jonglei State died.
Last week, the county commissioner appealed for the intervention of health authorities to investigate the outbreak of the strange disease in the area.
Biel Boutros said the unknown illness has so far claimed the lives of 90 people in the county since October.
The symptoms of the disease include diarrhea, high fever, joint pains, vomiting, body weakness, and loss of appetite.
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