By Awan Achiek COVID-19 frontline health workers have called off their strikeover unpaid incentives citing humanitarian grounds. “The COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers sat...
By Simon Deng South Sudan could suffer a deadly second wave of COVID-19 infections like it’s neighbor Uganda and Kenya...
Photo shows John Rumunu, the Acting Covid-19 Incident manager
By Simon Deng At least 1.2 million people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 across the country since the start...
By James Kuir Yak South Sudan has wasted about 4,063 doses as available vaccines have run out of stoke in the country, bringing a nearly 4 months...
By Simon Deng South Sudan has secured funding to run the Infectious Disease Unit for a third of the year, Dr. John Rumunu, the COVID-19 Incident Manager at the country’s Ministry of Health said. The Infectious Disease Unit is taking the lead in combatting COVID-19 in the country. “We had...
By Awan Achiek South Sudan’s government says it is rolling out vaccination against COVID-19 across the country on Monday. The...
Juba, 14 May 2021 An official who wish to remain anonymous has told Juba Eco on Friday that COVID-19 vaccination in...
By Tapeng Michael Ohure Global vaccine solidarity institution COVAX has notified South Sudan’s Ministry of Health of the arrival of 48000 more AstraZenca jabs later this month. “We have received notification from COVAX Facility of 48,000 doses of AstraZeneca for South Sudan for the month of October. This will be...
By Simon Deng The COVID-19 isolation centre in Bor state hospital in South Sudan’s Jonglei has closed down over financial...
South Sudan’s government said early this week that it plans to commence inoculation of teachers across the country as schools...
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s government says it is returning 72,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to the COVAX facility. Mayen Machut Achiek, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Health said South Sudan’s Health Ministry is facing a challenge of reaching all target groups with the vaccines due to lack of funds...