South Sudan's first vice president, and former rebel leader Riek Machar, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said Monday.

Machar's wife, Defence Minister Angelina Teny, and "a number of his office staff and bodyguards" have also been infected, according to a statement posted on the office's Facebook page and attributed to press secretary James Gatdek Dak.

Machar "has issued a public statement declaring that he is found positive, and will self-quarantine in his residen…
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