The presidency has approved recommendation by the high level Taskforce committee regarding suspension of all passenger fights and private and public transport to and from the states to Juba.
The First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar says on Monday during press briefing in Juba that the order shall take effect by midnight of Wednesday march 15th.
He adds about eighty nine contacts have been tested and the result is negative but more samples are still being run in the public laboratory.
South Sudan has four confirmed cases of COVID 19 in the country.
Late last month the president issued a decree banning all social gathering and limiting the number of people in public transport to half as a measure to curb coronavirus in the country.