At least 10 cases of fever were recorded in Port Sudan, capital Red Sea state, on Thursday. “The situation is alarming,” journalist Azza Era told Radio Dabanga.
The Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD) and protest groups called on the federal government to declare the area of El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, a disaster area yesterday due to the outbreak of dengue fever. They describe 'a health disaster' and explain that hospitals are overcrowded with patients.