Tweeters interacted with the increasing reports of the cholera epidemic in the Sudanese capital, where the health authorities recorded a wide spread of the disease in the Karari and Jabal of Awala regions.
Official statistics showed that more than two thousand injuries were recorded in recent weeks, along with 51 confirmed deaths.
Fears increased dramatically after the Sudan Doctors Network recorded, last Thursday, more than 500 new injuries in only one day, with 9 additional deaths, indicating the acceleration of the spread of the epidemic in the affected areas.
Cholera is defined as an acute infection that is transmitted through contaminated water, and causes severe diarrhea that can lead to serious complications.
These complications include kidney failure, low levels of sugar and potassium in the blood, and acute dryness, and in advanced cases it may reach death if not treated quickly and appropriately.
Some media linked the spread of the disease to recent military events, as reports indicated that the Rapid Support Forces bombed 3 electricity stations in Omdurman, which led to the stopping of the work of water stations as a result of the power outage.
As a result of this situation, the local population was forced to rely on unsafe water sources, including surface wells and clouded water from the Nile River without appropriate treatment, providing the ideal environment for the spread of infection.
In an influential development, a Sudanese doctor in the Jabal Awliya area launched an urgent appeal to save the people of the area after the disease was greatly spread.
In response to the exacerbation of the situation, the health authorities announced the opening of more than 8 centers for the treatment of cholera patients in Khartoum, in cooperation with the United Nations agencies and international organizations.
These centers aim to provide urgent treatment for the injured and try to control the spread of the epidemic in the affected areas.
Terrify
The episode (5/25/25/25) of the “Networks” program highlighted the consensus of Sudanese singers to describe the current situation as dangerous and terrifying, calling for urgent intervention from the international community and the government to save citizens from this worsening health crisis.
According to the opinion of the singer Dahab, the scale of spreading raises fear and terror, and he wrote: “I am able to imagine what means monitoring 500 cholera cases in one day, but in Khartoum, this spread is a very terrifying spread for a dangerous epidemic and requires the intervention of the countries of the world and the specialized organizations to save the Sudanese.”
In the same context, activist Bonnie stressed the need for immediate action, noting that “the disease is an epidemic and we ask the government and the international community urgently to intervene people to treat people and help them in their ordeal.” He continued, explaining, “People return to their homes even if they are ruin.”
On the other hand, the tweet on criticizing the government wrote severely, and held it responsible, saying: “The Khartoum needs engineering treatments for the problems of water delivery, and the finance does not want to pay, the people have been buying from the people of their duets, heater and hygiene, their zero, Kolra.”
The account owner, Umm Muhammad, also directed wider criticism of the political system, considering that “the citizen paid the price of a dictatorial military governments that made rapid support and politicians who do not differentiate between the country and the citizen destroying the homeland and displacing the servants.”
Amid these criticisms and claims, Sudanese Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim announced the launch of a vaccination campaign against cholera in Khartoum, expressing his expectation that the coming weeks will witness a decrease in the number of injuries.
25/5/2025