June 21: Virus outbreak could spin ‘out of control’ in South Sudan

The pandemic is now accelerating in Africa, the World Health Organization says.

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More than 1.5 million people in South Sudan are newly vulnerable, including the urban poor who had not been receiving aid before, the U.N. humanitarian agency said last week.

May 18 : South Sudan VP, Defense Minister infected

South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar has contracted coronavirus, his office confirmed on Monday, May 18.

April 1 : Virus-free South Sudan reports paltry tests

South Sudan, one of five virus-free African countries, says it has carried out 18 tests for the COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic.

The same day that Burundi confirmed an index case leaving South Sudan as the only East African country uninfected.