A single dose of yellow fever vaccine provides lifelong protection
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Juba, 22 December 2020 – In line with Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) strategy to prevent international spread of yellow fever, the World Health Organization (WHO) donated 2 000 doses of yellow fever vaccine to South Sudan’s Ministry of Health to provide protection against the yellow fever virus for international travellers and those living in areas where the disease is present.
“Yellow fever vaccination is mandated by the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005)”, said Dr Olushayo Olu, WHO Representative for South Sudan. “The yellow fever vaccines, which is being delivered with support from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will ensure that all citizens obtain yellow fever vaccination when travelling to countries where yellow fever vaccination is required to prevent the international spread of yellow fever.
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Pedestrians in downtown Khartoum at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in March (Social media)
The Sudanese Ministry of Health has reported that 401 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the country on Monday and Tuesday. 24 coronavirus patients died, and 206 recovered.
This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic to 22,082. 1,384 patients have died in total, according to Ministry of Health statistics.
The Sudanese police press office announced yesterday that the Chief of Police, Ezzeldin Mansour, is infected with coronavirus.
The Minister of Health, Osama Abdelrahim, attributed the increase in the number of people infected with COVID-19 during the second wave to a “10 times increase” in testing capacities by the Ministry of Health.