Uganda records 4 more coronavirus cases
Mar 27, 2020
He says the efforts of identifying by temperature monitoring at the airport, quarantining the people on whom there's some suspicion and tracing the ones who escaped from the quarantine is working well.
President Yoweri Museveni says the measures taken such as the suspension of public transport will help defeat the virus. File photo
CORONAVIRUS
More four people have tested positive for coronavirus bringing the number of the cases to 18.
According to President Yoweri Museveni, on Thursday, another 197 people were tested and many of them were returnees from Dubai or other category one countries. He says out of these, only 4 tested positive, adding that the 4 had been under institutional quarantine in the various hotels identified by the sub-committee on quarantine.
He says those who tested positive have been evacuated to Mulago Hospital for treatment.
He says the efforts of identifying by temperature monitoring at the airport, quarantining the people on whom there's some suspicion and tracing the ones who escaped from the quarantine is working well.
He says the majority of the 14 people who are hospitalized at Entebbe, Mulago, and Masaka with the virus are responding well to the treatment and seem to be improving.