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  • South Sudan: 2022 Measles

    Source: https://english.news.cn/20221117/623...63219ce/c.html

    South Sudan confirms measles outbreak in flood-hit area
    Source: Xinhua
    Editor: huaxia
    2022-11-17 22:02:00

    JUBA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A South Sudanese health official on Thursday confirmed 51 cases of measles following an outbreak in the Rubkona County of the northern Unity State.

    "We have confirmed 51 cases of the measles outbreak, the sample was taken to Juba and the results were found positive. Among the 51 confirmed cases, most of them were children and there are no death cases, but some are in severe conditions," Tot Jokchieng Nyuon, the Unity State Minister of Health told Xinhua by phone on Thursday.

    Nyuon said they are worried that measles would spread in the nearby congested internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp and among those displaced by floods...

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