Geneva — Fighters have occupied a national public laboratory in Sudan holding samples of diseases including polio and measles, creating an "extremely, extremely dangerous" situation, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. Sudan Sovereignty Council Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty"There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab," said Abid. A technician works at the National Public Health Laboratory of Sudan, in a file image provided by the Reuters news agency. Her colleague in South Sudan, Marie-Helene Verney, said that around 4,000 of the more than 800,000 South Sudanese refugees living in Sudan had returned home since the fighting began. Looking forward, she told reporters that "the most likely scenario is 125,000 returns of South Sudanese refugees into South Sudan".

Source: Ethiopian News April 25, 2023 14:58 UTC