At Least 29 Dead In South Sudan Cholera Outbreak; With 484 Total Cases, Thousands At Risk, U.N. Warns

Agence France-Presse: Cholera deaths in South Sudan rise, thousands at risk: U.N.
“At least 29 people have died in a cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan with thousands more at risk of infection, the United Nations said Friday. A total of 484 cholera cases, including 29 deaths — six of them children under five — had been reported by the end of June, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said…” (7/3).

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