South Sudan world’s most dangerous place to live during COVID-19 pandemic – report

President Salva Kiir, the head of COVID-19 Task Force and Dr. Riek Machar Teny, the deputy head of COVID-19 Task Force demonstrating the use of a mask to prevent Coronavirus(Photo credit: supplied)

June 8, 2020 (SSNN) – A new study by the Hong kong based firm has found that South Sudan is the most dangerous place to live during the coronavirus pandemic which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan last year.

“Its overall healthcare infrastructure and efficiency, as well as sanitation levels, are markedly lower, and generally has a much lower capacity to deal with future increases in COVID-19 infection spread than other regions,” the report by Deep Knowledge Group seen by South Sudan News Now noted.

The report warned the South Sudan government against “putting economic recovery above public health and safety.”

“[Some] regions that do not proactively build bridges across government departments and across the private and public sector to strengthen surplus healthcare resources against the threat of future outbreaks consistently score lower than one would expect considering their raw resources, capacity and potential to maintain and optimize regional safety amid the current pandemic,” it said.

South Sudan in recent months has seen rise in the coronavirus cases with senior government including three vice presidents testing positive for the deadly virus.

Other senior army and government officials have as well died from the virus.

South Sudan as of Sunday has over 1600 confirmed cases of the virus with a total 19 fatalities and 15 recoveries.

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