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Covid-19, Violence Catastrophic On South Sudan Civilians

Large-scale intercommunal violence on civilians in the Jonglei and greater Pibor regions has led to the mass displacement of thousands of people who are living in the open without health care, adequate food, shelter, water or sanitation in the middle of the rainy season. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) sheltered about 8,000 civilians in March following weeks of conflict in the region. In Pieri, patients in need of urgent surgery were transferred to the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in the Protection of Civilians site in Bentiu. Those in Pibor were referred to the Juba Military Hospital, which is run by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Additionally, the UN says heavy rains, impassable roads and Covid-19 restrictions have impacted the transfer of patients.

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South Sudan refugees (file photo).

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