South Sudan Bans Religious, Political Events As COVID-19 Cases Soar
Channels Television Updated February 4, 2021 Airport staff members disinfect Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan on April 3, 2020. An aircraft that landed in Juba, along with the country’s main airport, were disinfected of any potential traces of COVID-19 coronavirus after hosting passengers who had recently arrived in South Sudan from neighbouring Sudan. Alex McBride / AFP South Sudan has ordered a ban on religious and political events and closed most schools after a rise in coronavirus cases in the country. Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, one of South Sudan’s vice presidents, ...