South Sudan coronavirus cases soar to 45 as ten people test positive
May 1, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s coronavirus cases on Friday jumped to forty-five (45) after ten more people who had contact with a number of the 34 cases tested positive, according to the coronavirus taskforce.
“Out of the 10 cases, two are truck drivers who were stopped at Nimule border. Two other cases are domestic travelers who were planning to travel to one of the states in the country,” the Undersecretary of the National Ministry of Health Dr. Makur Koryom said in a statement to the SSBC.
The government official, who is also the spokesman of the high-level taskforce on COVID-19, said the other six cases are those who had been in close contact with the sixth patient.
“This raises an alarm and it sends a strong message to us that we need to do a lot. The communities must understand that the disease is here among us and that we must work hard to ensure that we minimize the risk of spreading the disease further,” he said.
“Health workers of Ministry of Health will be allowed to freely access that confining facility to monitor the staff, only then they will be allowed to travel to the states,” he added.
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