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An international travel freeze, drastically reduced domestic flight schedules, self-isolating staff members, personnel telecommuting from within or outside the country, only essential travel outside of UN bases, enforced physical distancing, psychosocial support available
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Hiroko Hirahara, Head of the UNMISS Field Office in Bentiu, pictured meeting representatives of displaced persons from the UNMISS Protection of Civilians site in Bentiu as well as national authorities to discuss joint measures for curbing rising criminality in and around the site. The meeting took place on 17 April 2020.
UNMISS engineers assist the High-Level COVID-19 Taskforce in clearing an overgrown area around a proposed isolation facility in Yambio, Western Equatoria.
The high-level COVID-19 task force in Wau encourages internally displaced people to return home if possible to enable social distancing within the UNMISS protection site.
Floods caused by heavy rainfall destroyed a main road intersection connecting Bunj and Melut in the Khor Adar area of Malakal, causing great distress to local communities. UNMISS peacekeepers repaired the main junction to restore connections between these two major towns.
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 272 - 14 April 2020
