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Uganda imposes new anti-coronavirus measures to stem raging pandemic

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Uganda's president Yowreri Museveni on Friday introduced sweeping new anti-coronavirus measures including a ban on all vehicular movement except for essential workers to help curb a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic gripping the nation.

The east African country, like most other African peers had been left relatively unscathed by the first wave. It suddenly started experiencing a steep surge in Covid-19 infections last month after authorities confirmed they had detected presence of the Indian coronavirus variant.

He said the daily number of people testing positive has jumped to over 1,700 from less than 100 just three weeks ago. In new measures to curb the pandemic, he banned movement of both public and private vehicles except those transporting patients and those used by essential workers like health workers.

Over the last two weeks local media has extensively reported most health facilities, both public and private, getting full and turning away patients while others have had oxygen supplies taxed.

 

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