May 22, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has not been evacuated to any foreign country as reported on a section of South Sudan media yesterday, a spokesman for Machar said in a statement this morning. On Thursday, reports were circulated on social media of Machar having been evacuated to Europe allegedly after his […]
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May 21, 2020 (SSNN) – A senior South Sudan government official has reportedly been evacuated to an identified country after an alleged health setbacks imposed by the novel coronavirus. A senior government official at the Juba International Airport told South Sudan News Now (SSNN) that the senior government official has recently been tested positive for coronavirus but said could not […]
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May 21, 2020 (SSNN) – Members of South Sudan’s Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) in the capital Juba have rejected an order this week from the presidency that all lawmakers take mandatory coronavirus test, sources have said from Juba. “This thing (COVID-19 test) shouldn’t be mandatory. It is individual person to determine whether that person need to test or not,” […]
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May 21, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s minister of cabinet affairs, Hon. Martin Elia Lomoro, has admitted that he and some members of his family have been exposed to COVID-19, the sickness which comes as result of the novel coronavirus. This comes days after Lomoro denied in a statement on social media that he was tested and found positive for […]
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May 20, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan coronavirus cases have jumped to 490 after 143 more people tested positive for the virus. Until today, South Sudan had 347 cases. The ministry of health said in a statement that all the 143 new cases are South Sudanese. The surge in cases came as President Salva Kiir said earlier this month that […]
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May 20, 2020 (SSNN) – Many people who died recently in South Sudan’s capital Juba are victims of the the novel coronavirus, a senior government official said. Dr Angok Kuol Tiir, the coronavirus incident manager at the ministry of health told the Australia-based radio station SBS Dinka that many people who died recently have tested positive posthumously for coronavirus. Dr. […]
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May 19, 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudan aid worker working for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been killed as result of the renewed Jonglei fighting, the humanitarian agency said in a statement on Tuesday. “We express our deepest sympathy and condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of our staff member and all those affected,” said Steve MacKay, MSF […]
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May 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan minister of cabinet affairs Martin Elia Lomoro has debunked this afternoon rumors that he has been found positive with COVID-19 after reports that he and some members of the high-level taskforce tested positive for the virus. Yesterday, South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny said all members of the coronavirus taskforce […]
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May 19, 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudan main armed opposition military general has died on Monday in Juba of COVID-19 which is caused by the novel coronavirus, officials have confirmed. Maj. Gen. Ohisa Robert passed away in Juba on Monday died in the capital Juba after he was rushed to the Dr. John Garang Center for Infectious Diseases after […]
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May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan coronavirus cases have skyrocketed to 347 after the country’s ministry of health announced in the capital Juba this evening that 57 more people have tested positive for the deadly virus. The undersecretary in the ministry of health, Dr. Makur Koriom, said in a statement to the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) that […]
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May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan businessman Athian Achiek Majok has died this afternoon in the country’s capital Juba after contracting the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, medical staff have said. “Yes it is true, Mr. Athian passed away this afternoon. He was brought here (Dr. John Garang Infectious Disease Center) for coronavirus. We don’t when […]
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May 17, 2020 (SSNN) – Chinese medical experts on Friday shared their experience of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic with their counterparts in Uganda and South Sudan. Speaking at the opening of the meeting held via Webinar, Aeneas Chuma, UNAIDS Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, said the world is facing one of the biggest challenges that is not […]
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May 16, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s high-level taskforce on coronavirus has announced that as much as over 50 people tested positive for COVID-19, the diseases caused by the novel coronavirus, the highest infection rate in one single day. The high-level taskforce said this evening that the ministry of health informed them that 54 people tested positive for COVID-19 today. […]
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May 16, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit said on Friday that members of South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) will be deployed to fight hunger and the novel coronavirus. The South Sudanese leader made the remark during a televised address on Friday as the country marks the 37th anniversary of the SPLM/SPLA, a rebel movement and […]
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May 15, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s high-level taskforce has confirmed three more deaths of COVID-19, the disease associated with the novel coronavirus, and also announced that the country’s overall active cases have jumped to 236. More to follow!
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May 15, 2020 (SSNN) – Former deputy governor of South Sudan’s defunct Yei River state has died this morning with coronavirus, sources at Dr. John Garang Infectious Diseases Center have said. Yousta Baba Dima died after contracting the disease last week and was referred to Dr. John Garang Infectious Diseases Center after having been treated at a private hospital in […]
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May 14, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government has – for the first time – confirmed its first death as a direct result of the novel coronavirus. The ministry of health making the announcement this evening also said 28 more people have tested positive for the virus. This, the ministry of health said, brings the number of those infected with […]
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May 13, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan coronavirus cases on Wednesday surpassed the 200 mark after the high-level Taskforce said nine (9) more people tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The high-level Taskforce said the latest positive tests were all of South Sudanese who were in contact with the people who tested positive for the virus […]
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May 13, 2020 (SSNN) – Days after easing measures, the high-level taskforce introduced to fight the coronavirus outbreak; South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit is now saying that he will impose total lockdown as cases in the world’s youngest nation closes to 200. The South Sudanese head of state disclosed this during a meeting via teleconference with leaders of the […]
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May 13, 2020 (SSNN) — For the first time, COVID-19 has been confirmed in a crowded civilian protection camp in South Sudan’s capital, the United Nations confirmed on Tuesday, a worrying development in a country that’s one of the world’s least prepared for the virus’ spread. The U.N. is aware that the health ministry and World Health Organization have confirmed […]
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May 12, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan coronavirus cases have jumped to 194 on Tuesday after the ministry of health said in a statement this evening that eighteen more people tested positive for the virus. The undersecretary in the ministry of health, Dr. Makur Koryiom, told the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting (SSBC) this evening following a meeting of the high-level […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s national ministry of health on Sunday reported that 36 more people – most of whom are South Sudanese – tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This brings the overall number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 156. Speaking to reports on Sunday evening in Juba, Dr. Richard Lako, the Director General for Planning and […]
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May 8, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan coronavirus cases on Friday jumped to 120 following the announcement by the ministry of health this afternoon that thirty (3) more people have tested positive for the virus. The latest development has raised fears of a rapid spread of the virus as President Salva Kiir Mayardit ordered on Thursday that measures put in […]
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May 7, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan Coronavirus cases has rose to 90 after the ministry of health said sixteen (16) people have tested positive for the virus. This is the third day a high rise is recorded in South Sudan fter 28 people, last week, and 16 yesterday, tested positive for the virus. In a statement, Machar’s office said […]
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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 […]
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