COVID-19 cases surpass 800 as 151 more registred
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May 25, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan coronavirus cases have surpassed 800 after the ministry of health registered over 150 more cases on Monday.
Dr. Makur Koriom, the undersecretary in the ministry of health said 243 samples were collected during the pass 48 hours among which 151 people were tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
This, Makur said, brings the total number of those with the virus across the country to 816.
South Sudan has seen rise in coronavirus cases since President Salva Kiir Mayardit decided earlier this month to lift partial lockdown imposed in March by his government to curb the rapid spread of the diseases which has now killed half a million people around the world.
Senior government officials including the First Vice President have been infected by the deadly virus.
Machar, his wife and defense minister, Angelina Teny, and the ministry of information Michael Makuei Lueth are the only senior government officials to announce publicly that they have contracted the virus.
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