Rapid assessment for COVID-19 begins at Kisoro hospital
May 06, 2020
This exercise is part of the team that the President sent on the ground to find out whether coronavirus is already in the community
By Alex Keith Gahima
An eight-man team has camped at Kisoro referral hospital to conduct free rapid assessment tests for coronavirus.
The team that visited Bunagana and Cyanika border is collecting blood samples as well as saliva swabs which will be sent to the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe.
According to sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the results are sent back to all those who participated via call or text message.
This exercise is part of the team that the President sent on the ground to find out whether coronavirus is already in the community.
Health workers at Kisoro hospital are being tested at no cost and eventually members of the public will be tested too.
The source also said that 15 villages will be covered between Wednesday and Friday and two members of 18 households in the villages will be sampled randomly.