WHO warns of 'high biological threat' in Sudan amid continued fighting

The United Nations’ World Health Organization warned of a “high biological risk” in Sudan, after fighters took control of a national laboratory, amid armed battles between the army and the rebels.

“One of the two warring parties now occupies a public health laboratory, which constitutes a very high biological threat,” said the representative of the UN organization in Sudan, Ni’ma Saeed Abed, in a virtual statement.

The spokesman also indicated that “this facility contains samples that cause measles, cholera, and polio.”