More than 70 people die of cholera in northern South Sudan

In Unity State in northern South Sudan, 73 people died from cholera last week, Report informs via Radio Tamazuj.

According to their data, 3,700 local residents were infected. The death toll could be significantly higher, as the 73 fatal cases were only recorded in hospitals.

According to the information, the epicenters of the epidemic were refugee camps in Unity State, where, UN says, there are no basic sanitary conditions for people's lives.

Doctors Without Borders humanitarian workers operating in northern South Sudan report that the region has found itself in a humanitarian catastrophe accompanied by a cholera epidemic.