February 15, 2020 (Nyala) South Darfur Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization have started training workshops for medical and Nyala airport staff.

The workshop is aimed at training staff to help prevent  spread of the deadly disease.

The virus has killed more than 1000 in  China, with cases reported in several other countries.

The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Mohamed Idris, stated in a press statement on Friday that the workshop targeted 40 cadres from the state’s health ministry and Nyala International Airport.

 

For his part , representative of the World Health Organization, Khaled Mohamed Awad, said that Coronavirus disease had  become a global epidemic and must be dealt with it as a dangerous syndrome and enlighten the medical cadres about  its seriousness.