KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 26, 2020/APO Group/ —
On 22 April, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) announced the registration of 33 new COVID-19 cases and one death bringing the total to 140 cases, including 13 deaths.
- Khartoum state: 133 cases
- White Nile state: 3 cases
- River Nile state: 1 case
- Gezira state: 3 cases
On 20 April the Sudan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued a decision to extend the closure of Sudanese airports for international and domestic flights until 20 May 2020. This is in line with the precautionary measures adopted by the Government for the three-week lockdown. This excludes scheduled cargo flights; humanitarian aid and technical and humanitarian support flights; flights of companies operating in the oil fields; and evacuation flights for foreign nationals.
UNHAS passenger flights are not operating, but cargo flights are operational.