State of Health Emergency Declared to Face Coronavirus

Khartoum  (SUNA) – The Security and Defence Council, chaired by the President of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, Monday declared the state of health emergency to face any possible infections with coronavirus.
Member and spokesman of the Sovereign Council, Mohamed Al-Fekki Suleiman, disclosed in a press statement that a higher committee was formed to adopt all the measures that prevent the disease from entering the country and to mobilize all the health, security and logistical capabilities that help it perform its duties.
He said that the committee has issued in its first meeting a decision to close all airports, ports, and land crossings, with the exception of trips that carry aid and technical and humanitarian support and scheduled air cargo flights, stressing that the committee has adopted all necessary measures to receive citizens stranded in the land crossings and to prepare places for them to spend the quarantine period.
Al-Fekki stated that the committee affirmed that these measures are precautionary and aimed to prevent infection and spread of the disease, indicating that the committee calls on all citizens to cooperate with health and security teams and all employees and not to hinder their official duties to contain any cases of the disease and to block it in order to preserve the good health situation in the country.
He stressed the importance of cooperation with the health cadres and to ease arrival of the security men to the suspected cases, pointing out that the state’s selection of any area for quarantining is to be according to accurate estimates and by consulting medical and health personnel.
He affirmed the necessity of avoiding to deal with the matter with sensitivity and that there shall be great caution in the dealing with rumors and to obtain information about the disease status, the number of infected persons and the way to deal with them through official channels.
The spokesperson for the Transitional Sovereign Council asserted that the committee will be in a permanent session and will receive three reports in every day on the health situation in the country.