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South Sudan vice president tests positive for coronavirus


19 May 2020  

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KATHMANDU:  South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny, who serves as defense minister, have tested positive for the coronavirus, Reuters reported.

Machar said on state television that he would remain in self-isolation for 14 days in his residence.

Meanwhile,  “a number of his office staff and bodyguards” had also tested positive for COVID-19, according to the reports.

So far, South Sudan has recorded 347 cases of coronavirus and six deaths. Currently 282 people are undergoing treatment at various hospitals, of which four have revered home after treatment.

Last week authorities reported two COVID-19 cases in a camp outside the capital Juba, raising concerns among humanitarians that the infection could devastate the crowded settlement.

(With inputs from Agencies)

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