Nearly 100 people die of unknown disease in South Sudan

 

The BBC, referring to the World Health Organization, reported that nearly 100 people fell victim to an unspecified disease in South Sudan.

According to the Radio and Television Corporation, the death toll reached 89. The World Health Organization sent a research team to Jonglei State, where the largest number of deaths were reported.

The country’s health officials said the cause of death was not cholera, adding that most of the deaths were in the area hit hard by floods in August.

As indicated by the BBC, WHO specialists will have to reach the affected areas by helicopter, because it is impossible to reach them by road.

Earlier it was reported that a new virus called “Izu” had been discovered in Japan, capable of causing severe fever.