11 Ugandans who returned in the past week from Afghanistan have tested positive for COVID-19.
Eleven Ugandans part of the group of 91 that returned in the past week from Afghanistan have tested positive for COVID-19.
The group of Ugandans returned from Afghanistan close to two weeks back and currently, they are under quarantined part of the government’s directive to have all returnees stressed to a 14- day mandatory quarantine.
This comes at a time when Uganda is only left with 70 COVID-19 patients. A total of 819 people have so far been discharged from various referral hospitals countrywide after they recovered from the coronavirus.
Uganda’s COVID-19 cases yesterday jumped to 889 after the health ministry confirmed an additional 19 new cases.
“Results from 2,170 samples tested on 29 June 2020 confirm 19 new COVID-19 cases, with 11 of them from the returnees. Uganda’s COVID-19 recoveries are now at 819.
“The other confirmed cases are communal, 7 from Amuru and 1 from Kyotera districts,” a statement from the Ministry read adding that a total of 25 foreign truck drivers including 15 Kenyans, seven Tanzanian, two Egyptians and one Burundian who tested positive for COVID-19 were deported back to their respective countries.
As of today, Uganda has registered a total case count of 889 inclusive of those that have since recovered from the virus but so far no specific individual has yet succumbed to the virus.
Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning to all countries especially those that have been less infected with the coronavirus that the virus is still far from being gone.
During a Monday presser, the Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus implied that the coronavirus is “not even close to being over” despite case decline witnessed in many countries more so those on the Africa continent.
Mr.Tedros said that many individuals more so those in countries that have made some progress in tackling the pandemic are desperate to resume their normal activities but they should remain aware that the coronavirus is still fast spreading.
“We all want this to be over. We all want to get on with our lives. But the hard reality is this is not even close to being over,” he said, adding that “although many countries have made some progress, globally the pandemic is speeding up,” Mr Tedros said.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus first discovered in Wuhan, China has now hit 10 million infections worldwide with the United States topping the chart with 2.5 infections and more than 125,000 deaths as of Monday according to statistics from Johns Hopkins University.
Brazil comes second on the list of the hardest-hit countries with 259,105 infections in the last seven days – the country’s highest of any week during the pandemic.
