1ShareMinistry of Health has on Wednesday announced four new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed to 264. These cases include 2 community infections of a 28-year-old male in Buikwe district, a contact of a positive truck driver, and a 26-year-old male from Kyambogo, also a contact of another truck driver. These were tested […]
Ministry of Health has on Wednesday announced four new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed to 264.
These cases include 2 community infections of a 28-year-old male in Buikwe district, a contact of a positive truck driver, and a 26-year-old male from Kyambogo, also a contact of another truck driver.
These were tested during the ongoing Rapid Community Assessment.
The other 2 are Ugandan truck drivers who entered the country through the Mutukula entry point.
Also tested were 36 foreign truck drivers who turned out positive but were repatriated to their home countries.
They include 17 Tanzanian Nationals, 15 Kenyans, three Eritreans, and one Burundian.
This brings the number of repatriated truck drivers to 68 now since the president directed that only drivers that tested negative would be allowed into the country.
On Sunday, 32 drivers were stopped at the entry points after testing positive for COVID-19
Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the director-general of health services at the ministry of health says that the latest truck drivers to test positive were under quarantine.
Mwebesa, also announced that Uganda has now admitted 80 patients who are all in a stable condition while 65 have recovered.
The government has also installed a Genexpert machine at Mutukula entry point that has the ability to confirm infections in 45 minutes.
