South Sudanese health officials are warning that a cholera outbreak in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, which has left 23 people dead and forced more than 670 others to seek treatment, could be getting worse. Laboratory tests have confirmed that at least one person living in a Juba displacement camp has contracted cholera and there are fears the disease could spread rapidly within the crowded site.
Officials are setting up new treatment centres across the city and treating the water sources they believe are responsible for spreading the disease, but said they anticipate at least 1,000 more people might need to be hospitalised before the outbreak ends – and that is only if cholera does not spread to other areas of the country.
Health minister Riek Gai Kok officially announced the cholera outbreak nearly two weeks ago – the first in South Sudan since 2009 – and pledged “as the government, as a country [we] will support any efforts made to contain this disease”…
South Africa Today – Africa News – South Sudan 
