Sudan: 98 Die and 458 Infected With Unknown Fever
allAfrica.com: Sudan: 98 Die and 458 Infected With Unknown Fever
According to news reports 98 citizens have died and another 458 have been infected as a result of an unknown fever over the past three weeks in several areas of Central Darfur, Radio Dabanga has learned on Tuesday October 30.
The affected areas in Central Darfur are Jebel Ahmar, Umm Shalaya, Khor Ramla and Fasi. The ministry of health questioned the figures, saying they are “inaccurate and exaggerated”.
Saad Ahmed Aseel, a nomad from Jebel Ahmar, told Radio Dabanga that the fever is still spreading and has surfaced in multiple locations. The nomad added that more than 108 people have been infected in Jebel Ahmar and 17 have died in the mean time.
He added that 75 people have been infected in the area of Umm Shalaya, and 27 of them have died in the mean time. He continued that 275 people have been infected in the area of Khor Ramla and Fasi of whom 54 have died in the mean time.
Aseel told Radio Dabanga that the authorities refuse to acknowledge that the unknown fever has evolved to an epidemic, he added to Radio Dabanga from Jebel Ahmar, east of Zalingei.