Masaka Hospital staff test positive for COVID-19

Three health workers at Masaka Hospital have been admitted after testing positive for COVID-19. They were all stationed at the ordinary outpatient department.

Dr Nathan Onyach, the Masaka Hospital director, said they are yet to establish how they got infected.
He, however, noted that health workers at the outpatient departments take their safety lightly compared to those working in the accident and emergency departments.

Two weeks ago, a 56-year-old male Police officer succumbed to COVID-19 at Masaka Hospital.

The officer attached to Kyawagonya Police post, in Lwengo district, was the first COVID-19 patient to die in the region.

Much as the hospital emphasises that people should wear masks to access the facility, Onyach said the majority do not wear them correctly, while the rest remove them when they enter the facility.