Coronavirus - South Sudan: Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) - COVID-19 Preparedness (Mobility Update Week 5)

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Humanitarian access was limited by newly imposed flight clearance taxations and mandatory "COVID-19 free" certificates prior to travel. This impacted food air drops as well as trucking for pre-positioning of humanitarian goods during these final weeks of the dry season. As of 25 April 2020, humanitarian workers can return to their home-country without such a certificate.

Further COVID-19 related population movements included increased permanent exits from Wau PoC AA (observed by IOM DTM) and reportedly return movements from Uganda and in-country locations to Juba according to the RRC.

Although cargo is mostly allowed to enter the country, movement restrictions have caused **market prices **like those of wheat, sorghum and maize to increase.

Further arrests were made of persons breaking congregation or travel restrictions.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of International Organization for Migration (IOM).