Sudan's Federal Emergency Operations Centre yesterday reported new cases of cholera and dengue fever in a number of states in the country. More than 10,700 suspected cholera cases were documented last month. Malaria is rapidly spreading in northern Sudan.

In its latest weekly meeting in Kassala, eastern Sudan, yesterday, the Federal Emergency Operations Centre also reviewed "the report about the second phase of the vaccination campaign against cholera and the implementation of the campaign for disease vector control and environmental sanitation".