South Sudan Mysterious Illness Details Explained: There are 97 people who have died of the unknown disease, mostly elderly and children under the age of 14, a mysterious illness has reportedly killed nearly 100 people in South Sudan, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to launch an investigation, according to the reports, 97 people have died of the unknown disease in Fangak, Jonglei State and the deaths have mostly been among the elderly. Follow More Update On 44bars.com
South Sudan Mysterious Illness Explained
The agency began investigating the outbreak in the month of November, The South Sudan Ministry of Health said that symptoms include cough, fever, diarrhoea, chest pain, headache, joint pain, loss of appetite, and body weakness. WHO officials visited the region to investigate the mysterious illness. WHO investigating mysterious illness in South Sudan killed 100 people
The area was recently hit with heavy floods, so samples from patients were tested for infectious bacterial diseases such as cholera, the samples returned negative results, this has been reported by Newsweek, the flooding is said to be the worst natural disaster in the region for the last 60 years. Mysterious illness in South Sudan investigated by WHO
This prompted over 200,000 people to flee their homes, as per the reports, the humanitarian aid group, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, noted that the people affected by the floods were at “higher risk of outbreaks and waterborne diseases such as acute watery diarrhoea, cholera, and malaria.”
In a statement last month, MSF called the floods as “perfect storm for disease outbreaks.” It has been stated by MSF, “People do not have enough water or options for water storage, and there is no garbage collection, while dead goats and dogs are left rotting in the drainage systems,” the statement read. “With the conditions further worsened by the influx of new arrivals [at camps], people are at higher risk of outbreaks and waterborne diseases such as acute watery diarrhoea, cholera, and malaria.”
It has been further stated by MSF emergency operations manager Will Turner, “The dangerously slow and inadequate humanitarian response to this crisis is putting lives at risk. The deplorable situation inside Bentiu displacement camp—formerly a UN Protection of Civilians site—is not a new phenomenon.”
There are going to be further details on the story in the coming days and weeks, we are going to be on our toes in order to provide you with further details as soon as something comes under our radar, it seems like there are going to be further revelations on the disease, we are going to be providing you with the updates.
