JUBA, July 3 (Xinhua) — South Sudan’s well being authorities in Rubkona County of Unity State on Monday declared a measles outbreak amongst returnees displaced by battle in neighboring Sudan.
Jal Kuol Malow, Rubkona County well being director, instructed Xinhua in an interview that they’ve to this point confirmed 86 circumstances of measles amongst returnees in Rotriah Payam well being facility and Bentiu Internally Displaced Persons Camp.
“We have confirmed 86 cases of measles outbreak in greater Rubkona, and most of these cases are among returnee children aged 4-6,” he mentioned.
Malow mentioned the affected kids weren’t vaccinated in opposition to measles whereas they had been in war-torn Sudan.
“The Ministry of Health and humanitarian partners conducted a measles vaccination campaign in Rotriah Payam for returnees, and a similar measles vaccination campaign will take place this week in Rubkona town and Bentiu Internally Displaced Persons Camp,” he mentioned.
South Sudan now hosts greater than 138,000 returnees, together with refugees who fled combating in Sudan throughout the 12 border crossing factors, based on the United Nations.
Brutal combating erupted within the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on April 15 and swiftly escalated in several components of the nation. The ongoing combating is pitting the Sudanese Armed Forces in opposition to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Both sides have accused one another of initiating the battle.