Another 15 new
cases of Coronavirus disease have been recorded in the country yesterday bringing
Uganda’s count to 160 nationals. These were part of 2,729 samples that
were tested for COVID-19 yesterday.
Ten of the reported 15 cases are Ugandan truck drivers who entered the
country through the Elegu point of entry, while five other cases were from
the community.
According to the Ministry of Health, all the community cases are people who
have been under quarantine because they were contacts of positive cases, mostly
truck drivers.
The government also blocked the entry of 21 truck drivers who tested positive
at different points of entry. This brings the number of drivers handed over
since the week begun to 145.
Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health says that the drivers are being
handed over due to a presidential directive.
The president’s directive to only allow negative truck drivers was this morning followed with a reduction in COVID-19 cases. Earlier yesterday, Uganda revised it’s cases from 274 confirmed cases to 145, after dropping all foreign cases from its records. END
