Makuei says all members of the taskforce including him have coronavirus

South Sudan’s Minister of Information Michael Makuei Lueth speaking to the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) (Photo credit: SSBC)

May 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan information minister Michael Makuei has said that all members of the former high-level taskforce including himself have contracted the novel coronavrius.

This comes after speculations on social media suggest that he and some members of the taskforce have contracted the virus.

The deputy chair of the taskforce and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny had announced earlier that he and his wife had been tested positive for the virus.

He said several members of the taskforce with the exception of the minister of health have been found positive.

Speaking to the VOA’s South Sudan In Focus on Monday, Makuei said he and several others within the high-level taskforce had been tested for COVID-29, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

“Yes I am positive and I am informed that all the members of the former committee are positives. What I know is that Riek, Angelina, and myself who are self quarantined,” Makuei told the VOA.

Makuei said he has been waiting for the doctors to come and test his contacts including his family members. He however said that the doctors haven’t shown up.

“Those of diagnostic center were supposed to come and take samples of contact persons starting with my family but up to now they have not reported,” Makuei concluded.

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