{"id":67851,"date":"2024-11-04T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/malaria-outbreak-claims-41-lives-in-likuangole-county"},"modified":"2024-11-04T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T12:05:00","slug":"malaria-outbreak-claims-41-lives-in-likuangole-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/malaria-outbreak-claims-41-lives-in-likuangole-county","title":{"rendered":"Malaria outbreak claims 41 lives in Likuangole County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The authorities in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) have reported a malaria outbreak in Likuangole County, with over 250 cases, including 41 deaths, registered in the last two weeks amidst a shortage of essential drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Monday, Oleyo Akwer Nyalus, the GPAA Information minister, said 36 infants were among those who succumbed to the parasitic disease and that health intervention was needed to rescue the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an unfortunate situation in Likuangole County. A malaria outbreak there has infected more than 250 people and claimed 41 lives including 36 children,\u201d he said. \u201cOf the deaths, five occurred within a health facility in the county headquarters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA health partner is operating in Likuangole but I believe they are overwhelmed by this huge outbreak, so, we appeal for assistance to take care of this situation,\u201d Akwer added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. The authorities in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) have reported a malaria outbreak in Likuangole County, with over 250 cases, including 41 deaths, registered in the last two weeks amidst a shortage of essential drugs. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Monday, Oleyo Akwer Nyalus, the GPAA Information minister, said 36 infants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":67850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-67851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malaria outbreak claims 41 lives in Likuangole County - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/malaria-outbreak-claims-41-lives-in-likuangole-county\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malaria outbreak claims 41 lives in Likuangole County\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. 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