BREAKING: Gov’t confirms second COVID-19 case
Photo: Ambulance seen a a scene of suspected coronavirus case
April 7, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan government on Tuesday confirmed the country’s second case of coronavirus.
According to the Coronavirus Taskforce, the patient is a 53-year-old female South Sudanese who traveled to Juba from Nairobi, Kenya, in March.
The Undersecretary in the Ministry of Health Dr. Makur Koryom who is also the taskforce’s spokesman said the patient works for the UN mission in the country.
The first case of the pandemic was announced on April 5, 2020.
On Monday, task force said the Ministry of Health was investigating four more suspected cases of the pandemic in the country.
The first patient is also female UN staff, 29, who arrived from the Netherlands via Addis Ababa on February 28.
Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in almost all of the countries in the world, including neighboring countries.
Fourteen more patients tested positive for the coronavirus in Kenya on Tuesday, raising the total number of the cases in the country to 172.
There’s currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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