Maurice Muhwezi, Kampala UGANDA
Uganda has registered forty-Three new cases of the novel coronavirus
rising Uganda’s infections to 203
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| Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng checks the thermal scanner. |
Health Ministry disclosed that the 43 new cases were all
truck drivers that arrived border entry points.
The newly confirmed
COVID-19 cases were 17 Ugandans, 14 Kenyans, 5 Tanzanians, 4 Eritreans, 2
Burundians and 1 unknown nationality
The truck drivers
arrived through border points as follows: Elegu :15 Ugandans,9 Kenyans,4
Eritreans; Mutukula: 5 Tanzanians, 1 Burundian, and Malaba: 5 Kenyans, 2
Ugandans, 1 Burundian, 1 nationality unknown
The 43 new cases tested
positive out of 1,838 taken at the various border points
The Ministry revealed
that the 43 new cases saw Uganda’s total infections rise to 203.
A sign of relief as
community samples testing negative with the recent 720 returning COVID-19 free
on Friday, May 15.
Early Friday, Kenya’s
Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Dr. Rashid Aman announced 23 new
coronavirus cases, infections rising to 781
According to Dr. Aman,
the 23 cases – 5 females and 18 males aged between 24 and 85 – were confirmed
from 2100 samples tested within the last 24 hours.
Kenya also lost 3 more patients, bringing the total number of Covid-19 deaths to 45.
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