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Weekly Update on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Preparedness for South Sudan Update #16 (24 December 2018)

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1. Highlights

  • The newly constructed Infectious Disease Unit was opened by His Excellency, the Vice President of South Sudan.

  • A suspected Ebola case was reported in Juba and investigated by the RRT. The sample was negative for EVD.

  • All the SoPs for the technical working groups are ready for printing.

  • Eighteen screening points are operational. The Ministry of Health (MoH) conducts the screening with support from WHO, IOM, SCI, WVISS and CAUMM. About 714,441 people entering South Sudan have been screened.

  • The isolation center in Yei has been completed. The state Ministry of Health has deployed eight health workers to the isolation facility.