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Vice President of South Sudan, Riek Machar and his spouse Angelina Teny who serves as defence minister have tested positive for Coronavirus.

This confirmed in a statement released on Monday May 18 by his office.

It further revealed that “a number of his office employees and bodyguards” additionally tested positive for COVID-19.

Machar additionally confirmed this on a state television, stated he would be on self-isolation for 14 days at his residence. Alongside the remainder of his employees who tested positive for the disease.

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South Sudan has to date recorded 347 cases of coronavirus and 6 deaths.