Three Kenyan nationals arrested for illegally entering South Sudan through Nadapal border last month have been deported after completing a two-week quarantine.
The arrest came days after South Sudan government closed its borders with neighboring countries in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.
Maj. Gen. Anthony Adil, the police commissioner in greater Kapoeta, told Radio Tamazuj on Sunday that the three Kenyans were deported last week.
“They were three and we returned them to Kenya. We got a car from Kapoeta with our forces to take them up to the border [Nadapal]. The South Sudanese national arrested with the Kenyans was taken to court but was released,” he explained.
Adil said the security situation in Kapoeta County is generally calm.
South Sudan’s cases of the novel coronavirus rose to 52 on Monday.
The virus is spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes and the droplets land in the mouths and noses of another person.
A person can also get infected with coronavirus by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or their eyes.
The most effective ways to protect yourself and others against COVID-19 are to frequently clean your hands, cover your cough with the bend of elbow or tissue, and maintain a distance of at least 1 meter from people who are coughing or sneezing.
The most effective ways to protect yourself and others against COVID-19 are to frequently clean your hands, cover your cough with the bend of elbow or tissue, and maintain a distance of at least 1 meter from people who are coughing or sneezing.