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UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update 16 April 2020
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 272 - 14 April 2020
As the Coronavirus spreads globally, farmers in the Aweil area of Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal are not exempted from the impact: preventive measures taken by the government make cultivating land difficult.
On this year’s World Health Day, the world faces an unprecedented challenge in the form of COVID-19.
Heeding the advice of health experts, community leaders at the Bor protection of civilians site have forbidden all visitors, thus making it less difficult for people living here to adhere to the necessity of social distancing.
In Torit, a town in eastern Equatoria, close to the border of Uganda, people are worried.
COVID-19 case confirmed in South Sudan
Juba, South Sudan, 5 April 2020: The United Nations in South Sudan has confirmed a case of corona virus disease (COVID-19) among its staff.
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 271 - 30 March 2020
Nyahok Weka Gatwech having her hands disinfected before boarding the UNMISS flight taking her home to Bentiu after several years at the UNMISS protection of civilians site in Juba.
When civil war erupted in Juba in 2013, Nyapouk Maaliah Mathiang’s husband was among the many people who lost their lives during the battle that raged across the capital city.
Learning by doing: adequate social distancing at a Malakal awareness-raising session on COVID-19 prevention.
Health professionals have raised awareness among the leadership of the almost 28,000 internally displaced people staying at the UN protection site in Malakal on how to prevent an outbreak of the pandemic Coronavirus among themselves.