COVID-19: Services at Kawempe police paralyzed after suspect tests positive

HEALTH   VIRUS

KAMPALA - Business at Kawempe Police Station paralyzed after a suspect who was at the station tested positive for COVID-19.

Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango confirmed that the suspect, a male Juvenile, 15, a resident of Bwaise village, was arrested on allegations of defilement of a three-year-old girl. 

"The investigations into the alleged defilement were concluded. The suspect was produced at Nabweru court and remanded to juvenile remand home at Naguru. The officials at the remand home demanded a COVID-19 negative certificate before he could get admitted. Police took him for tests and the results came back when he is positive," Onyango said.

By Wednesday evening the child was yet to be transferred to Entebbe Grade B Hospital for treatment. However, the Ministry of Health officials had on Wednesday taken samples of all the staffs, family members and all the suspects in custody for testing.

Onyango also noted that the Ministry of Health was tracing for contacts of the victim, adding that the station and barracks had been disinfected.

"At the moment, we are not registering new cases at the station but attending to emergencies only," Onyango said.

He appealed to members of the public who want Police services or have cases to register to go to the nearest Police Station within their localities or any Police station under Kawempe.