Sudan: Covid-19 - 'Postpone School Year', Sudanese Doctors Urge

19 November 2020

Khartoum — Sudanese doctors are appealing to the Khartoum government to further postpone the start of the school year - scheduled for Sunday - due to the rapid spread of coronavirus. The doctors also assert that the spread of the virus is being underreported in official figures.

The Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday that 319 new COVID-19 cases were registered over the weekend and that 59 patients died the past two days. The Directorate General of Emergencies and Epidemic Control of the Ministry of Health had initially reported 128 new COVID-19 cases. In a press statement the ministry stated yesterday that 191 cases registered in private laboratories should be added.

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