The national department of malaria director Omar Zayid Baraka said on Thursday an acute increase in malignant malaria in the Kordofan state capital of Obayid was due to exceptionally heavy rainfall of 650 mm, not seen in Kordofan in 50 years. He said the strain of malaria was particularly virulent - bringing spasms, coma, fracturing of red corpuscles and jaundice, among other complications, news organisations reported. The ministry of health has disclosed that the outbreak has spread to epidemic proportions in eastern Sudan.
In Arua, meanwhile, an outbreak of cholera has been reported and humanitarian agencies working in the western Nile corridor have been requested to monitor the situation and report any cases in their areas of operation, OLS reported.
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