Radio Dabanga
The Ministry of Health of eastern Sudan’s Kassala reported a polio case in the state .The newly appointed governor of Kassala, Saleh Ammar, described the health situation in the state as stable, but vulnerable.
He said that after being notified by the Kassala Ministry of Health that a child in the state contracted polio, he spoke with the acting Minister of Health, Sara Abdelazim, in her office in Khartoum yesterday.
In El Gezira, the Department of Health Emergencies and Epidemic Control in the state reported two suspected cases of polio as well, one in the eastern part of El Gezira and the other arrived from Blue Nile state.