Cholera Outbreak in Chad Claims 113 Lives, Over 1,600 Cases Reported

The death toll in a cholera outbreak in Chad since July has reached 113, the Chadian health ministry said in a statement on Saturday. A total of 1,631 suspected cases have been recorded so far. Chad, a Central African nation, has received 11,20,295 doses of cholera vaccine, the statement said, adding that the vaccines are being deployed to the eastern area for a vaccination campaign. The government has urged Chadians to strictly follow hygiene measures to help curb the spread of infections. The first cholera case was detected in a refugee camp in July that hosts approximately 20,000 Sudanese refugees.