Two inmates die, 50 isolated after cholera outbreak at Bura’o Prison

By: Ahmed Mohamed

Two inmates have died of cholera while 50 others have been isolated at Bura’o Maximum Security Prison in Northern Somalia after an outbreak at the institution.

The officials said those suspected to have contracted the disease had been put on treatment.

“Cholera is so contagious so we can’t take them to the hospital. We are dealing with them locally,” said one the custodial corps told the local media in Hargeisa.

He said two of the inmates died in the prison following the outbreak.

He suspected the disease was introduced in the prison by remandees who were taken there recently.

The officer said families of the two had been informed.

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