KHARTOUM, Nov 11 (NNN-SUNA) – Sudan’s acting Health Minister and two senior officials of the Health Ministry, contracted COVID-19, the ministry announced.
“Sudan’s acting Health Minister, Osama Ahmed Abdul Rahim, together with the director of general administration for basic health care and director of general administration of therapeutic medicine, tested positive for COVID-19,” the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry added that the infected are receiving treatment and are in good health, pointing out that the health minister is performing his ministerial work from the health quarantine.
In the meantime, the higher committee for health emergencies in Sudan, urged citizens to reduce gathering and travel during public holidays, to curb the spread of the disease.
Sudan registered 707 COVID-19 cases since the beginning of Nov, “which is more than the number registered at the beginning of the first wave,” the committee said.
The COVID-19 infection rate in Sudan started to rise during the past two weeks after weeks of decline.
Sudan has so far reported a total of 14,155 COVID-19 cases.– NNN-SUNA
