South Sudan COVID-19 cases soar to 655
Dr. John Garang Center for Infectious Diseases (Photo credit: SSBC)
May 23, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan coronavirus cases have soared to 655 after the National Taskforce on COVID-19 said this evening that 92 more people have tested positive for the deadly virus.
The taskforce said two more deaths were also registered on Saturday bringing the total of those who died as direct results of COVID-19, the disease associated with the novel coronavirus, to eight (8).
The taskforce said the number of people who recovered from the virus remains at six (6).
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.
Senior government officials including First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny have been infected by the deadly virus.
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Machar, his wife who is also the 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.
This morning, Machar said they were recovering an that a few symptoms of the virus which occurred a few days ago have now gone.
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