Since April 4, fierce clashes have broken out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the rapid support force. The two sides agreed to a 15-hour ceasefire beginning Tuesday under the mediation of the United States and Saudi Arabia, but the fighting has not completely stopped.
The occupation of national public health laboratories by warring parties also raises biosecurity risks. According to WHO, technicians have no access to laboratories and the laboratory has lost power, which means that "biological material stored in laboratories for medical purposes cannot be properly managed"