Fact-Check: President Kiir has not lifted the COVID-19 partial lockdown imposed this week

By 211 Check Desk

A Facebook post purporting that President Salva Kiir has lifted a partial lockdown imposed by the chair of the National Taskforce on COVID-19, Hussein Abdelbagi Akol earlier this week is FALSE

The post, first chaired by South Sudan Eye, a page with over 47,000 followers, didn’t cite any credible source of the report.

Investigation by 211 Check states that there’s no official known Communication from the office of the President lifting a lockdown.

This week, Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, the Vice President for Service Cluster who also chairs the National Taskforce on COVID-19, announced restrictions intended to curb the spread of COVID-19 following a surge in positive cases in recent days. The partial lockdown is valid till 10th January.

Conclusion:

211 Check has looked at a post claiming that President Salva Kiir has lifted an imposed partial lockdown and finds it to be FALSE

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