Number of people killed by latest Cholera outbreak in Bale, Oromia and Liben, Somali regions spike to 20, over half a million at high risk
- Ref
- OHRM-2022-0350
- Date of incident
- Zone
- Bale
- Number of people affected
- 20
UN says 20 people have died and number of reported cases reached 491 as cholera outbreak spread to 41 kebeles of 4 woredas of Bale Zone of Oromia and 2 woredas of Liban zone of Somali region as of 23 November 2022. According to a new report by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 102 out of 491 reported cases are IDPs and additional close to 555,000 people are at high-risk in the six woredas. The report says number of affected people has increased by 28 per cent in the last two weeks.
Source: Addis Standard, "News: Number of people killed by latest Cholera outbreak in Bale, Oromia and Liben, Somali regions spike to 20, over half a million at high risk", published 2022-11-24. https://addisstandard.com/news-number-of-people-killed-by-latest-cholera-outbreak-in-bale-oromia-and-liben-somali-regions-spike-to-20-over-half-a-million-at-high-risk/