Fighters have occupied a national public laboratory in Sudan holding samples of diseases including polio and measles, creating an 'extremely, extremely dangerous' situation, the WHO warned.
Abid said he had received a call from the head of the national lab in Khartoum on Monday, a day before a US-brokered 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan's warring generals officially came into effect after 10 days of urban combat.
He pointed out that the lab held so-called isolates, or samples, of a range of deadly diseases, including measles, polio and cholera. "In addition to chemical hazards, bio-risk hazards are also very high due to lack of functioning generators," Abid said.
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