Coronavirus: Today in pictures

Mar 19, 2020

Here is how Ugandans are responding to the coronavirus out break.

Uganda news in pictures

Following the recent outbreak of the Coronavirus Uganda has been on high alert. On Wednesday, President Museveni ordered the closure of schools and churches.

Hand washing is one of the practices recommended to fight the virus

woman uses sanitiser to disinfect her hands hotos by ingo pencer

A woman uses sanitiser to disinfect her hands (Photos by Jingo Spencer)

tudents return home resident useveni ordered for the closure of schools on ednesday

Students return home. President Museveni ordered for the closure of schools on Wednesday

A worker disinfects shopping baskets at Carrefour supermarket in Kampala on Thursday. (Photos by Timothy Murungi)

student in down town ampala wearing a face mask as a measure of protecting herself against 19 ganda is on high alert against the novel oronavirus that is increasingly spreading across ast frica

A student in downtown Kampala wearing a face mask as a measure of protecting herself against COVID-19. Uganda is on high alert against the novel Coronavirus that is increasingly spreading across East Africa.

upils looking for a taxi in ld ampala axi ark after the government ordered schools to close as a measure to fight oronavirus that is increasingly spreading across the region

Pupils looking for a taxi in Old Kampala Taxi Park after the government ordered schools to close as a measure to fight Coronavirus that is increasingly spreading across the region

security man at asis all in ampala sprays hand sanitizer on a driver and passenger entering the premises on hursday leaning hands with hand sanitizer is one of the measures to safe guard oneself from getting the oronavirus

A security man at Oasis Mall in Kampala sprays hand sanitizer on a driver and passenger entering the premises on Thursday. Cleaning hands with hand sanitizer is one of the measures to safeguard oneself from getting the Coronavirus

man wearing a face mask amid concern of over the spreading oronavirus hotos by palanyi entongo

A man wearing a face mask amid concern of over the spreading Coronavirus (Photos by Mpalanyi SSentongo)

chool children carrying their belongings back home after overnment ordered for the closure of all schools as one of the preventive measures against spreading the coronavirus

School children carrying their belongings back home after Government ordered for the closure of all schools as one of the preventive measures against spreading the coronavirus