Cholera spreads in Southern Somalia

Some 40 persons at least died in Somalia during the three past days after the spread of Cholera disease in Southern Somalia.

The Somali health minister said that the villages that are most vulnerable to this disease are " Adu, Woul and Qalgoub in the central area of Shabil, adding that three other persons died of Cholera in Makadishu during the two past days.

The minister called for a medical aid for withstanding this situation, stressing that the people have no medicine to fight the cholera epidemic and that an urgent humanitarian aid should be provided.

However, deaths are expected to increase notably in case the aids are delayed to reach the area affected by the Cholera.