Nile Petroleum Corporation Limited (NILEPET) a state-owned oil company in partnership with Zoom Media LTD have launched a COVID- 19 awareness campaign which they said aimed at disseminating health preventive measures against the viral disease. The Campaign launched on Wednesday in Juba under the theme “Be the Hero” focuses mainly on encouraging the population not […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudan’s government said it would start vaccination against COVID-19 the country’s ten states and three administrative areas this week. The country’s Health Ministry says the vaccines which will be taken to the states are part of 132,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from COVAX Facility. Speaking to reporters in Juba during the […]
By Maria John. Many South Sudanese people in the capital Juba are welcoming the lifting of a lockdown the government imposed to try and control the spread of COVID-19. This week, South Sudan’s government announced it was lifting the shutdown it imposed in February this year. South Sudan’s government says it made the decision because the number of people […]
By Deng Elamu Senior and low ranking military officers have recently received Covid-19 shots that they are hoping will dispel fears and rumors on the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccines being rolled out in the country. Lt. Gen James Koang Chol, Deputy Chief of Defense Forces for Training in South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) […]
The National Ministry of Health says about 947 health workers have received the first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine since the vaccination program was officially launched on April 6. The Manager for Expanded Program on Immunisation in The Ministry of Health, George Auzenio Legge said the data on the vaccination have been collected from […]
By Okech Francis The inoculation against COVID-19 in the capital Juba has registered a low turnout with medical personnel choosing to stay away in the first week. The medics, the frontline workers combatting the virus were selected as the first to receive the vaccines in South Sudan. They would be followed by persons above 65 […]
Vaccination campaign against COVID-19 was launched at Juba Teaching Hospital on Tuesday. The South Sudan’s Health Minister, Elizabeth Achuei was the first to take the jab at the Juba’s referral hospital. The Minister said the vaccine is safe and called on health care workers to take the inoculation. “I’m here to tell you that we […]
AstraZeneca has been kicked out of a production plant in Baltimore after a mix-up is thought to have contaminated 15 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson according to The UK’s Telegraph The Oxford/AstraZeneca jab has yet to obtain approval from the US Food and Drug Administration, but production of the […]
The Ministry of Health has said the COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be officially launched on Tuesday this week. Dr. Atem Riak Anyoun, Director General for Primary Healthcare, MoH, South Sudan | 4th April, 2021 | Courtesy Photo Addressing journalists during the regular media COVID-19 briefing on Sunday, Dr. Atem Riak Anyoun, Director General for Primary […]
The African Development Bank and WHO delivered medical supplies, including intensive care unit (ICU) beds, medicines, lifesaving biomedical equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE) to South Sudan’s Ministry of Health in support of the country’s ongoing COVID-19 response according to a press release by WHO on Saturday. WHO says the supplies include12 ICU beds, over […]