Head of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is healthy and is spending the Eid el-Fitr holiday in his hometown in River Nile state, his office affirmed on Thursday.
It also denied news on his alleged quarantine after meeting with his late advisor, Najwa Gadaheldam, who died from COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The office issued a statement noting that Burhan spent his holiday exchanging greetings with kings and heads of state.
According to the statement, he received on Wednesday phone calls from US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy and US Special Envoy for Sudan Donald Booth.
He also received a call from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who offered him condolences on Gadaheldam’s death.
A Chinese medical team arrived in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Thursday to support the country’s efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
The medical team was received by Health Minister Akram Ali al-Tom and Chinese Ambassador in Khartoum Ma Xinmin.
The total number of coronavirus cases in Sudan has risen to 4,346 and 195 deaths.
