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South Sudan: Integrated Disease surveillance and response (IDSR) Epidemiological Bulletin Week 4, 2022 (January 24 - January 30)

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  • In week 4, 2022 IDSR reporting timeliness was at 83% and completeness was at 90% while timeliness was at 88% and completeness was 94% for EWARN sites

  • Hepatitis E virus cases continue to be reported in Bentiu IDP settlement with, 1,869 cases and 13 deaths (CFR 0.74%) reported since week 1, 2019

  • Confirmed measles outbreak in Torit county, Eastern Equatoria state

  • Suspect cases (34) reported in Doro refugee camp, Maban, Upper Nile state

  • Of the 92 alerts in week 4, 2022; malaria (41), AWD (22), ARI (12), measles (1) and ABD (10) were the most frequent alerts

  • 79 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 this week, making total of 16,794 confirmed cases and 137 deaths ( CFR of 0.82%) in South Sudan

  • Alerts of pertussis, meningitis, yellow fever, and VHF reported and are being investigated in Cubiet, Maridi, Ikotos, and Torit counties respectively.