IOM DISPLACEMENT COVID-19 Preparedness & Response: TRACKING MATRIX SOUTH SUD AN Mobility Update 14 (13–26 July 2020) Location type Movement of persons Background and Methodology Color scale Æ Bentiu PoC DTM relies on its network of key informants and on secondary sources to provide a bi-weekly assessment Æ Displacement site Æ` Domestic Airport ! No movement \! National capital Æ o !P y ! Closed with exceptions State capitals n Official land border k In-country transport hub Æ a of mobility and COVID-19 preparedness at priority locations in South Sudan. Table 2 on page 2 represents Æ n !De facto via alternative routes Primary roads M e only points recommended by the Points of Entry Technical Working Group (PoE TWG). A more exhaustive International Airport Unofficial land border R Æ ç !Local movement tolerated Country SUDAN Rubkona (Suksita) ¶ Rubkona Bus Station !No disruption list of entry points and displacement sites can be found here. Æ Transit point State ÆÆ M Guit e ç Æ`l Bentiu (Bimruok) çÆ u Rubkona Unity If you wish to share any updates or flag any errors, please do not hesitate to contact IOM DTM at t Æ ç Koyethiey SÆite Æa Maban [email protected]. hod Fas Æ Bentiu Bus Station Pariang Upper Nile Abyei Region Æ Malakal Æ Bentiu P! !P Æ Æ`Æ Baliet Awe Æ Bentiu il N t Lo Overview orth Æ!P i ng Æ u oc Twic Æ ÆÆ` k huk Bentiu Airport G ga n As of 26 July 2020, the Public Health Laboratory and the UN Clinic have tested 13,423 samples. The national Æ Æ Aweil a U Unity F t Æ` la u NoÆrthern Bahr !Pel Ghazal w n i cumulative figure of COVID-19 cases stands at 2,305 confirmed cases, 1,190 recoveries, and 46 deaths. ch g a ETHIOPIA Raja Ko Nyirol M Aweil Centre Kuajok Æ !P r Ayod ççÆ Æ e e Warrap L The country's northern borders remain largely passable in the west while north-eastern routes remain t as Wau j E P closed. However, travellers are reported to use alternative crossing points. Official crossing points along the !P on a çA Wau Bus Station (Abyei) ÆÆ T n k Æ`Æ Uror o Western Bahr el GhazalJ y Duk b i u j o i r h a Æ Ugandan border remain closed but its porous nature renders the management of migration flows challenging. t t R r u Jonglei e Wau i P o ç v b Jur River i o e Tw c Local authorities have been allowing minibuses of South Sudanese students to pass back into South Sudan S e ic East h r j ça u Rumbek ll n Y a C ir o !P ol E h through the official Nimule border as an exception. T as t t u Lakes o Æ Nagero S t Bor CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Yirol Wes r Wau Airport T o Pibor a Wulu A !P Stigma has become a major hurdle in the fight against COVID-19 as described in a recent report and m weria Æ B b a l Æ` ur r Æ a a Mvolo evidenced by 11 South Sudanese health workers, who left their positions due to reasons related to social z N Wau PoC AA Terekeka stigma. Æç Æ Lafon Ezo Western Equatoria Kapoeta East Wau Bus Station (Juba) M Juba Wau Town Æ o a i Wau r Wau United Nations agencies (UNICEF, and UNESCO) have pushed South Sudan to reopen schools arguing that b Æ Æ i Eastern Equatoria !P d ÆÆ\!Æ Masna m Æ Yambio i !P a Juba Æ the benefits would outweigh the risks of new infections and that schools have not been major drivers of the Æ`Y Torit Western Bahr el Ghazal T!P B Æ ç Central Equatoria o u r COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan. it d I i Æ`Æ ko KENYA ÆÆY to DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ei s çÆ Magwi Æ Consequences of the pandemic continue to affect the country’s economy as reported with regards to the oil ÆçÆ Æ 0 65 130 260 390 520 ÆÆçç Æ industry as well as small business as reported by the example of women businesses in Aweil. Kilometers UGANDA Budi Mangateen (1) Juba Æ Lainya Atende Site Torit ÆÆ`ÆZizira IDPs Site Juba International Airport Key insights on countries bordering South Sudan ÆECSS Mission IDP Site Ikotos Æ Central Equatoria Korijo Eastern Equatoria Yei • SUDAN: While movements through most western routes bordering Northern and Western Bahr el Korijo IDP Camp Zone 1,2, & 3 Custom Bus StationMahad ç Magwi Ghazal have been unaffected by COVID-19 regulations, other eastern routes remain shut down with Æ Kajo-keji Tseretenya Æ Æ Juba travellers using alternative smaller routes. As Sudan’s death toll increases, the government announced it \! Owiny Ki Bul Æ Juba Central Equatoria Juba River Port would devalue the nation’s currency and cut fuel subsidies due to an economic crisis aggravated by the Kerwa JaleLitoba Busia Pure Æ coronavirus pandemic. Morobo Æ Æ Æ ç ç ç Juba PoC1 Bazi Nimule Æ • ETHIOPIA: Local authorities have been allowing local movements through Pibor and Pochalla. However, Juba PoC3 Kaya Nimule Town routes through the northern South Sudan / Ethiopia border remain without movements of persons or Æ ÆÆNimule River Port Æ cargo apart from Akobo. Transport terminals in Addis Ababa remain congested as cases have soared in Æ UGANDA Gumbo Bus Station Don Bosco the second half of July 2020. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Æ • UGANDA: Of eleven crossing points along the Ugandan border no movement of persons was registered Disclaimer: This map is for illustration purposes only. Names and boundaries on this map do not imply for only three. Other points remain either open to local cross-border communities or have not been official endorsement or acceptance by IOM. successfully shut due to the use of nearby alternative routes. As Uganda has started easing some lockdown restrictions, it has also recorded the first death related to the virus. Please note that coordinates are available upon request. • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: While borders remain closed to the movement of persons, most travellers have found alternative crossing points. The WHO warns that funding gaps have rendered DTM tracked 76 locations including 18 displacement sites and 58 transportation hubs within the country and along international borders to report on COVID-19 related measures such as temperature a response to country’s 11th Ebola outbreak challenging amid the COVID-19 pandemic. screening and the availability of handwashing stations. • CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Source Yubu and Nabia Pai remain closed for movement of persons with alternative routes being used by a reduced number of persons. A UNDP-led study finds that violence Of 18 displacement sites all were subjected to some form of risk communications and made additional handwashing stations available. Three sites (17%) screened temperatures at the gates. The movement against women in the Central African Republic has surged during the pandemic. of persons was completely stopped at 17 per cent of tracked in-country and border transit locations (10 locations). However, movement continued unhindered at 27 points (47%) with reports of alternative • KENYA: Nadapal border point remains closed for movement of persons with no alternative movements nearby routes being used at 10 (17%) and local movement by cross-border communities being tolerated at a further 11 locations (19%). Temperature screening was practiced at 11 locations (19%) while risk recorded as of this reporting week. Despite rising cases, budget airlines have resumed flights in Kenya. communication was made available at 76 per cent of tracked transit areas (44 locations). While handwashing stations had been constructed at 28 locations (48%), these were not put to use by travellers in all hubs. Table 1. Mobility and preparedness assessment at selected IDP sites within South Sudan Movement Average Approx. % of Approx. % Temper- Hand- Restrictions daily flow in out of county Risk com- County Location Type Population1 overnight ature washing Comment within and in/ / out (latest travel for munication Screening stations out of the site available data) travel overnight travel There are two confirmed COVID-19 cases so far in Bentiu PoC site, while two COVID related deaths have been reported. Rubkona Bentiu PoC PoC 99,052 None 11,270/10,794 54% 51% No Yes Yes UNMISS and other partners continue to operate with minimum footprint. While plans are in place to convert a former humanitarian hub in Bentiu town to an isolation facility, MSF has operationalized an on-site isolation facility. There are 20 confirmed COVID-19 cases so far in Malakal PoC site, while one COVID related death has been reported. Malakal Malakal PoC PoC 27,930 None 4,688/4,732 24% 66% No Yes Yes To establish an isolation facility, IOM provided shelter material to Malakal Hospital. The construction of an on-site isolation facility has been finalized. No COVID-19 cases have been registered. Isolation facilities have been established at the Al-Mukta PHCC, Mary Help PHCC, Wau Wau PoC AA PoC AA 9,393 None 3,869/4,236 1% 93% No Yes Yes and Wau Teaching Hospital in Wau Town while on site temporary facilities are situated within the IMC and IOM clinics. Collective Wau Masna 5,496 None Unkn. 7% 72% No Yes Yes centre There are no COVID-19 cases so far in Bor PoC site. Public gatherings remain limited to 10 people. Temperature screening Bor South Bor PoC PoC 1,921 None Unkn.