Coronavirus: No new reported cases in 80 percent of the country, Sudan says
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Tuesday announced that 14 out of the countries 18 states recorded no new case of COVID-19, and that even in the capital, Khartoum, new cases reportedly dwindled significantly.
But the government has warned that people should maintain the strict preventive measures introduced by authorities for yet another three weeks to avoid a recurrence of the pandemic peak.
Professor Sidiq Tawer, the Chair of the High Emergency Health Committee, told the official news agency, SUNA, that his committee has received a report from the Ministry of Health indicating a drop in new cases and steady return to normalcy in the country.
The report, he said, has indicated an improvement in the situation in a number of states during the last few weeks. It showed that 14 states are now free of any new case for the last two weeks.
“The report has also indicated a lower infection in the national capital during the same period of time. We owe this to the huge efforts that have been exerted by the Medicals in different locations and by the Health emergency committees in the states in particular,” he stated.
Professor Sidiq, member of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereign Council, underlined that his committee would like to stress the need for complying with the health directives during the Eid time which could be a period of transmission of COVID-19 during the Eid prayers performance or while exchanging greetings and congratulations during the Eid.
He said the committee would like to underline the need to maintain the preventive measures adopted so far, warning that “This is to ensure the return to normalcy of the health situation and ensure that no recurrence of the pandemic is experienced again.”
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