By Our Correspondent, KAMPALA Uganda
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged his countrymen to continue fighting COVID-19, noting that the virus remains dangerous.
The disease is one of the biggest
challenges to the human race, Museveni said in a statement issued on Sunday.
He warned that because of the
mobility of people traveling from one destination to another, the disease can
spread anywhere quickly.
“People who are joking with the
disease are playing with fire. Over 13 million people have been infected and
half a million people have died globally, so this is not a joke,” Museveni
said.
The president revealed that some
health workers in the country who were initially infected by the virus and
healed were again reinfected when they returned to work in hospital.
“This disease is not a joke,
apparently it can attack you again,” he said, adding that he thanks those who
take the disease seriously and avoid endangering those around them.
Museveni attributed Uganda’s
success in the fight against the disease to the public who have continuously
heeded the preventive measures issued by the government, adding that health
workers who are at the front line fighting the pandemic have also played a
great role.
As of Saturday, Uganda had
registered 1,062 positive cases of COVID-19, 1,023 people have recovered and
discharged from hospital with no death yet, according to the ministry of
health.
Museveni is scheduled to address
the country on Tuesday to give an update on the country’s efforts of fighting
the virus.
The country has eased lockdown restrictions, although schools and worship places remain closed and public gatherings are still banned.
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