COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached South Sudan on April 5, 2020. As of May 13, there are 203 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Sudan.

COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan
Map of cases by state as of 8 May. Some cases are not shown if their location is unknown   0 cases or no data   1–9 cases   10–49 cases   50–99 cases
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	South Sudan
Arrival date	5 April 2020 (4 years, 6 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Confirmed cases	203[1]
Active cases	201
Recovered	2[2]
Deaths	0

On 5 April, the first case of COVID-19 in the country was confirmed in a 29-year-old patient, a United Nations worker who arrived on 28 February from the Netherlands through Ethiopia.^[3] South Sudan thus became the 51st African country (out of 54) to confirm a case.

After 28 people tested positive on 28 April, the curfew was extended to be from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., all restaurants were only allowed to be takeout, and all passenger boda bodas were banned.^[4]

South Sudan has a population of 11 million people, but only four ventilators.

References

1. "COVID-19: South Sudan reports 9 new cases". Radio Tamazuj. Archived from the original on 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
2. "South Sudan confirms 16 new COVID-19 cases". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2020-05-06.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "South Sudan confirms first case of coronavirus". Reuters. 2020-04-05. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
4. "COVID-19: South Sudan reviews curfew as cases rise to 34". Radio Tamazuj. Archived from the original on 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2020-04-29.