So far, at least 330 people have been killed and 3,200 have been injured from the fighting, according to the World Health Organization, but these numbers are likely an “underestimation of the true impact of the crisis.'
, according to the World Health Organization, but these numbers are likely an "underestimation of the true impact of the crisis," WHO regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Ahmed Al-Mandhari said Thursday at a press conference.
"20 hospitals have been forced to close due to attacks or lack of resources, and another eight health facilities are at risk of closure due to staff exhaustion or lack of medical staff and supplies," Al-Mandhari said. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for a three-day ceasefire over the Eid al-Fitr celebrations "to allow citizens trapped in conflict zones to escape and seek medical treatment," on Thursday.
"Everyone was staying home. No one could move," Mohamed said of the situation in Khartoum. "No one wanted to dare move. We had supplies of food, but people who started running out of supplies would walk out to try to find stores to get food." At least nine children have been killed in Khartoum and more than 50 children have been injured, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in a statement Thursday.
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