According to a WHO spokesperson, lab technicians were unable to access the lab to ensure its safety.
A laboratory stockpiling pathogens for measles and cholera was seized in Sudan on Tuesday, April 25. Reported by The Guardian.
Nima Saeed Abid, spokesperson for the World Health Organization, said one of the groups had seized a lab that stockpiled measles and cholera pathogens, as well as other hazardous materials.
He explained that the technicians could not enter the laboratory to protect the laboratory.
“That’s the real problem: there is no access for lab workers to enter the lab and safely store available biological materials and substances,” he added, but did not specify which of the warring parties had taken over the facility.
However, the newspaper writes that, according to some reports, it was controlled by Riot Forces.
Situation in Sudan: People are running out of food and water, Internet not working
According to the Air Force, Khartoum residents are sitting at home due to the ongoing conflict, and many are running out of food and water supplies. In some places, water pipes have been damaged and many Sudanese are drawing water from the Nile River.
Journalists said, “If the ceasefire is respected, it will allow civilians to leave the city. Foreign states hope they can evacuate their citizens from Sudan.”
According to UN Deputy Representative Farhan Haq, there is a serious shortage of food, clean water, medicine and fuel in the country. At the same time, prices rose sharply.
Haq spoke about the looting of humanitarian supplies. He added that intense clashes in the North and Blue Nile, North Kordofan and Darfur, as well as in Khartoum, hindered aid operations.
In Sudan, the Internet has almost disappeared, the level of use does not exceed 2% of normal, and in Khartoum the Internet has completely disappeared since the evening of 23 April.
Al Arabiya TV channel reported that most of the major hospitals in Sudan have stopped working, based on data from a group of doctors.
“We’re on our nerves. It’s the hardest thing a person can go through,” a woman living in Omdurman, near the state broadcaster’s office for which there was a fight, told reporters.
Reuters noted that tens of thousands of people, including Sudanese and citizens of neighboring countries, have fled to Egypt, Chad and South Sudan in the past few days.
Recall, on April 25, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese army rebels had entered a temporary ceasefire. The sides agreed on a three-day ceasefire, which will begin at midnight Sudan time.
Information about the murder of the Egyptian military attaché’s deputy on April 24 appeared in the media. Hani Salah, the Egyptian Ambassador to Sudan, denied the murder.
Source: Focus
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