The World Health Organization says that an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Sudan has killed 164 people.
Rift Valley Fever is normally a mild disease in humans with a fatality rate of around 1 per cent. But in patients who develop the hemorrhagic fever form, the fatality rate is around 50 per cent, according to the UN health agency.
More than 221 people caught the virus over the last two weeks, bringing the total number of cases to 451, including those who died.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that most of the cases occurred in White Nile, Sinnar, and Gezira states in eastern Sudan.
WHO officials were alerted to the outbreak on Oct. 18, but only determined the exact nature of the disease in early November.
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