SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Coronavirus: Sudanese returning from abroad have to undergo one-month self-quarantine
Sudan Tribune reports that Sudanese arriving from abroad must undergo a mandatory one-month self-quarantine at home, announced Akram Eltom, Sudanese health minister.
Eltom announced that the Sudanese coronavirus committee, chaired by Siddiq Tawer, a member of the Sovereign Council, decided to not systematically confine those who returned from countries with a high risk of coronavirus.
Eltom added that those without coronavirus symptoms, or had not had contact with infected persons can go to their homes, and that health authorities will follow up their situation. He called on the returnees to undergo self-quarantine in their homes and to notify the health authorities if they or their family members are showing symptoms.
Sudan Tribune note that hundreds of Sudanese returned from Egypt, where officials say they registered 256 cases of coronavirus.