Warring forces have occupied Sudan's national laboratory in Khartoum, a situation the local WHO chief described as 'extremely dangerous.'
During a call with reporters via video link on Tuesday, Dr. Nima Saeed Abid, the international organization's representative in the West African nation since August 2020, said that technicians were currently unable to access the lab to secure the infectious materials, describing it as an"extremely, extremely dangerous" situation, according to Agency France Presse.between the Sudanese military and forces controlled by a military junta.
Thousands of people have been displaced by the conflict, fleeing to areas less affected by fighting or to neighboring countries, and many Western nations have sought to rescue nationals within Sudan. A building damaged during battles between the forces of two rival Sudanese generals in the southern part of Khartoum, on April 23, 2023. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded since the fighting erupted on April 15.Access to healthcare has been hampered by a lack of basic supplies and fuel, and the WHO has confirmed 14 attacks on healthcare facilities, killing eight people.
Abid said that militants now occupied the National Public Health Laboratory in Khartoum—the Sudanese capital and one of the main areas of clashes—but declined to say which group, Reuters reported. "This is the main concern: no accessibility to the lab technicians to go to the lab and safely contain the biological material and substances available," he said, adding that there was"a huge biological risk associated with the occupation.
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