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Senior South Sudan officials test positive for Covid-19

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Lab technicians test samples for Covid-19 in a laboratory in Juba, South Sudan on April 6, 2020. Four senior officials working in South Sudan’s Office of the President have tested positive for coronavirus. PHOTO | AFP

By  Garang Malak

Nation Media Group

Four senior officials working in South Sudan’s Office of the President have tested positive for coronavirus. 

Speaking to The EastAfrican on Thursday, Presidential Press Secretary Ateny Wek Ateny said he and three other senior officials had tested positive.

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