The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the occupation of Sudan's central public laboratory holding samples of diseases including polio and measles, by fighters creates an “extremely, extremely dangerous” situation. The WHO’s representative in Sudan, Nima Saeed Abid, on Tuesday told reporters in Geneva via video-link that “There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab... by one of the fighting parties.”
April 25, 2023
The WHO’s representative in Sudan, Nima Saeed Abid, on Tuesday told reporters in Geneva via video-link that “There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab... by one of the fighting parties.”The World Health Organisation has warned that the occupation of Sudan's central public laboratory holding samples of diseases including polio and measles, by fighters creates an “extremely, extremely dangerous” situation.
The WHO’s representative in Sudan, Nima Saeed Abid, on Tuesday told reporters in Geneva via video-link that “There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab... by one of the fighting parties.” Sudan war started over who will control the direction of Sudan's political transition, which began four years ago with the overthrow of the brutal Islamist regime led by the former dictator, Omar al-Bashir.
While countries across the world have been evacuating their trapped nationals in Sudan, the United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, on Monday said that Sudan's warring generals have agreed to a three-day ceasefire starting Tuesday , after previous bids to pause the conflict quickly disintegrated.
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