On March 14, South Sudan suspended flights to countries affected by coronavirus.[1] On March 20, classes in all schools and universities were suspended until April 19, and Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi ordered the suspension of sporting, social, political, and religious gatherings for 6 weeks.[2] This was followed on March 25 by a nighttime curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.[3][4] On March 27, around 500 people in quarantine from Sudan escaped in Renk, leading to northern Upper Nile State being placed under lockdown for 14 days.[5] From March 25, after the coronavirus reached Mali, to April 5, 2020, South Sudan was the largest country by area without any confirmed cases of COVID-19.