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Health authorities in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Monday dispatched a medical team composed of doctors, nurses, and other health workers to attend training in Covid-19 vaccination administration in neighboring Western Bahr el Ghazal State.
Over 100,000 children miss out on polio campaign in N.Bahr el Ghazal
A four-day polio vaccination campaign concluded in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State last Friday with officials claiming that more than 100,000 eligible children missed out on the exercise.
On Tuesday last weekend, the state health ministry launched the vaccination campaign to immunize over 290,000 children below five years.
John Agany Deng, Director for Primary Healthcare in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State’s ministry of health told Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday that the campaign was already concluded after more than 170,000 children were vaccinated across the state s counties.
“It ended but still we have some children that we are counting on the vaccines and then vaccines from all posts will be taken back on Thursday to the state. We have a target we were supposed to reach 290,452. Currently, we have reached 177,000 and then the rest of the posts we didn’t receive the report,’’ said Agany.
Covid-19 Explainer: Is South Sudan at the community transmission stage?
Graph shows, Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths and cases in South Sudan.
The confirmed counts shown here are lower than the total counts. The main reason for this is limited testing and
challenges in the attribution of the cause of death.
What seems like a second wave of Covid-19 infections is being witnessed in South Sudan as the country reports an upsurge in positive cases.
With an increase in infections, South Sudan might be faced with what experts term the community transmission Covid-19 stage.
In less than five months, available data shows that the number of positive cases and Covid-19 related deaths have more than doubled, causing great concern in a country with one of the weakest health care systems in the world.
Limited services, absence of government hinder Covid-19 fight in Aweil
Women and small girls gather at a water source in Aweil 13 February 2021 [Photo: Radio Tamazuj]
Residents of Aweil town in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State say although they are aware of the Covid-19 pandemic, they are not able to follow the preventive measures by the government to contain its spread due to a lack of basic services.
The government of South Sudan recently announced stringent measures, including putting a halt to public gatherings and functions, to contain the spread of the virus. But efforts to mitigate the soaring infection rates are however facing a major setback as many people across the country ignore or simply do not have the luxury of abiding by the preventive measures.