Machar yavuze ko nta bimenyetso by’iyi virus yiyumvamo nubwo bayimusanzemo, ariko ko yemeza ko agiye kwishyira mu kato k’iminsi 14.

Umugore we ari na we uherutse kugirwa Minisitiri w’Ingabo, muri Guverinoma ihuriwo, Madamu Angelina Teny, na we bamusanzemo covid-19, na bamwe mu barinzi babo ndetse n’abandi bakozi batatangajwe imyirondoro yabo muri Minisiteri y’ingabo na bo babasanzemo covid-19.

Riek Machar yipimishije kuwa 13 Gicurasi 2020, nyuma y’uko umwe mu bagize itsinda rya Leta riyoboye ibikorwa byo kurwanya coronavirus yipimishije bakamusanga na we yaramaze kwandura covid-19.

Visi Perezida Machar kugera mu cyumweru gishize na we yari umwe mu bagize itsinda rishinzwe kurwanya by’umwihariko coronavirus.

Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima (OMS), rivuga ko Sudani y’Amajyepfo imaze kugira abantu banduye iyi virusi 282 mu gihe abantu bane bapfuye bahitanywe n’iki cyorezo.

Mu cyumweru gishize, Loni yavuze ko abantu babiri baba mu nkambi z’abavanywe mu byabo n’intambara ya gisivili imaze igihe muri iki gihugu, na bo banduye covid-19, bitangira kuzamura ubwoba bwishi n’impungenge ko coronavirus ishobora gukwirakwira vuba mu nkambi, ubusanzwe zirangwamo ubucucike budasanzwe bw’impunzi.