18 people died of Cholera outbreak in South sudan

South Sudan, A total number of 18 people has been confirm dead of Cholera. health ministry said, it declared an outbreak of the highly contagious infection of the disease and over 171 cholera cases have been confirmed in the outbreak, which began in crowded United Nations bases in the capital Juba and spread elsewhere in the city in South Sudan. The health minister was reluctant to explain why the government waited for three weeks before going public.A spokesperson said "we are not here today to investigate the past … information is not a cure alone ... In the last two weeks we have not been idle".  Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter in the UN camps during 18 months of civil war. At least 167 people died with over 6,400 cases reported in an outbreak last year, which was later contained."After subjecting cases to laboratory tests it was confirmed that there is a cholera outbreak. "Anyone with severe watery diarrhoea should report to the designated treatment centre or nearest health facility," the ministry said in a warning."Wash hands with soap or ash after using toilets and latrines, before preparing food and after eating food, boil or disinfect drinking water with chlorine.