Covid-19

Health Ministry, partners to intensify COVID-19 vaccination in flood-affected areas

By Simon Deng South Sudan’s national ministry of health with support from the World health Organization and UNICEF announced plans…

3 years ago

South Sudan secures funding for Intensive Disease Unit

Health officials addressing reporters on COVID-19 situation in Juba By Simon Deng South Sudan has secured funding to run the…

3 years ago

WHO urges ramp up of COVID-19 vaccination in South Sudan

By Simon Deng The World Health Organization has urged South Sudan to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination and mitigate the spread…

3 years ago

South Sudan confirms omicron variant in the country

By Simon Deng Reports from samples collected from South Sudan and sent to Uganda Virus Research Institute indicate that omicron…

3 years ago

South Sudan receives 93000 J and J Covid-19 vaccines

By Simon Deng South Sudan received 93,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson covid-19 vaccines donated by France on Thursday, according to Brenda Dineen,…

3 years ago

Private labs fail to report Covid-19 cases during festive season

Photo shows John Rumunu, the Acting Covid-19 Incident manager

3 years ago

South Sudan imposes COVID-19 partial lockdown

Photo shows Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, the vice president for services cluster By Simon Deng South Sudan's national taskforce on COVID-19…

3 years ago

South Sudan gets more COVID-19 vaccines despite low intake

By Simon Deng South Sudan will have a boost in its COVID-19 vaccine import despite a low intake over the…

3 years ago

South Sudan to receive 168,000 doses of J & J on Tuesday

By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan is expected to receive 168,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccines on Tuesday, WHO…

3 years ago

COVID-19 infections to spike in Jonglei due to absence of health staff

By Simon Deng The COVID-19 isolation centre in Bor state hospital in South Sudan’s Jonglei has closed down over financial…

3 years ago