This comes weeks after a South Sudan high-level delegation was quarantined in Qatar after the minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, Mayiik Ayii Deng, tested positive for COVID-19.
Later on, South Sudan government information minister and spokesman, Michael Makuei Lueth told the media in Juba that Dhieu had also tested positive for COVID-19 and that he will remain in Qatar until the quarantine period end.
But in a tweet this afternoon, Mathok said he was wrongly quarantined in Qatar after a health check by him indicated that he was not actually found positive with coronavirus disease.
“It’s unfortunate that after completing 12 days in quarantine, I discovered that I was not tested positive,” Mathok said.
“The details of my status were not even included in the check list for them to justify my detention,” he added.