At least 110 people have been killed and several left in serious
conditions after cholera broke out in southern Somalia in the past two
days, Prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire said.
Khaire said the deaths occurred in Bay region amid severe drought across
the county, while assuring that the government would give it first
priority to respond such crisis. Mohamed Hassan Fiqi, Minister of
Agriculture for southwest state in Somalia, said the cholera situation
was out of their control and demanded emergency aid from the government
and international community.
"Cholera broke out in Goof-guduud, Awdiinle and Berdale locations in Bay
region. Children, women and old people are among the dead, the death
toll increases time to time and our administration can't help," Fiqi
sadly said.
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