South Sudan’s Fifth Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior has tested positive for COVID-19.
De Mabior informed the public about her status in a Facebook post. She says she is self-isolating and doctors are monitoring her situation.
Source: VP Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior
Ms Nyandeng is the last South Sudanese Vice President to contract COVID-19.
South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny, the minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs contracted the coronavirus in May 2020.
That very week, Second Vice President James Wani Igga revealed that he had contracted the virus.
Days after joining the unity government last year, Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth announced that he tested positive for Covid-19.
That very week, the former minister for National Security, Dr Majak Agoot, also confirmed that he had gotten infected.
In December last year, former South Sudanese Ambassador to Russia and former Presidential Legal Advisor, Telar Ring Deng, died at an Aspen medical facility days after declaring on social media that he was sick with the virus.
(With input from Agencies)
