TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY PETER MARTELLSouthern Sudanese rebel veteran General Joseph Lagu speaks during an interview with AFP in the southern capital Juba on December 4, 2010. Lagu commanded southern separatist rebels in the Anyanya" (snake venom) war of 1963-1972, before becoming president of the southern parliament. Some estimate as many as half a million people died in Sudans first north-south civil war, part of the souths long struggle for the right to choose a future for themselves. AFP PHOTO/PETER MARTELL (Photo credit should read PETER MARTELL/AFP via Getty Images)
Former Vice President of Sudan and Special Presidential Advisor in South Sudan, Joseph Lagu has tested positive for Covid-19.
According to a press release by Lagau’s family, he was taken to a London hospital in the early hours of Thursday 17 December with unusual new symptoms.
A family member has disclosed to HiJ that Lagu has a slight temperature, but he is breathing well and is currently stable.
His wife, Amna Lagu had previously tested positive for coronavirus. She was admitted to a London hospital a few hours before Joseph in the evening of Wednesday 16 December. Amna stable and is being given the best care possible.
