South Sudan returns to partial lockdown as Covid-19 cases rise
Friday February 05 2021
Lab technicians gather around a machine as they test samples for Covid-19 in a laboratory in Juba, South Sudan on April 6, 2020. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Summary
Fifth Vice President Abdelbagi Akol, who also heads the taskforce, asked citizens to respect the one-month restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
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Juba,
The South Sudan National Taskforce on Covid-19 has reintroduced a partial lockdown amid a surge of cases across the country.
In a statement on Wednesday, Fifth Vice President Abdelbagi Akol, who also heads the taskforce, asked citizens to respect the one-month restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
South Sudan imposes stringent Covid-19 measures
The South Sudan National Taskforce on Covid-19 has on Wednesday evening announced the imposition of strict Covid-19 preventive measures in the wake of a recent surge of cases reported across the country.
According to the national ministry of health updates released today, 37 new cases have been confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 4,267 since the pandemic started. There were no new deaths today but 66 people have so far died of the pandemic.
In a statement read on state-run television SSBC this evening, the taskforce’s chairman Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi Akol banned all sporting, religious and political events including, Sunday services, Friday prayers for Moslems, funerals, and wedding ceremonies.