Six people have died, with nearly 400 infected as cholera spreads in large parts of El Gedaref after it was recently nearly eliminated. Most of those infected are displaced people. The Khartoum North/Bahri Emergency Room yesterday reported the spread of cholera, malaria, and malnutrition, among the population of the city, in addition to the emergence of new cases of diabetes, high blood pressure, and tuberculosis in October.

Volunteers told Radio Dabanga that the authorities opened isolation centres at El Fao Hospital in western El Gedaref, along the border with El Gezira. The hospital recorded about 177 cases yesterday, 93 cases on Friday, and 128 cases on Thursday, while 164 cases were admitted to the ward and 110 cases were discharged after receiving treatment.

The Health Emergency Department at El Fao Hospital immediately declared a state of emergency and called for help from international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which took over work at the hospital’s isolation centre to treat the patients.