Covid-19, violence spreading in South Sudan, UN envoy warns
A member of South Sudanese Ministry of Health's Rapid Response Team puts on gloves before taking a sample from a man who has recently been in contact with a confirmed case of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Juba, South Sudan on April 13, 2020. PHOTO | ALEX MCBRIDE| AFP
Covid-19 and fighting between ethnic groups are spreading in South Sudan, a United Nations envoy warned on Friday.
David Shearer, head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, pointed to a “steeply increasing rate of infection” from the coronavirus and “a really high increase in sub-national conflict and violence.”
