President Museveni’s 15th Codiv19 national address comes at a time when Uganda just reported 84 new cases. The address is slated for Monday 1st 2020, at 8pm (22:00 EAT)
A record 84 cases were confirmed on May 30, as Uganda’s total Coronavirus cases shot to 417.
With these new developments, the president could be between a rock and a hard place, as to whether he should go ahead and ease the lockdown further or the status quo remains.
According to experts, there might be a big challenge of the virus in Kikuubo and other busy places with some citizens still not ‘responsible’ enough to practice social distance and other MoH guidelines.
According to our State House sources, the health ministry officials have requested the president to ‘deeply think’ about the repercussions the country may get into, if the lockdown is further eased, with the evidence collected by MoH teams on ground from the busy places operating already but flouting the guidelines.
President Museveni last week announced that Uganda will lift the current lockdown. Private cars have since returned on the road.
Museveni directed that public transport (buses, mini buses, taxis) would resume after proper preparation on June 4 but each will carry half of their loading capacity.
In the last address, the president opened for the undergraduate finalists, Postgraduate finalists, finalists in the Tertiary institutions, candidates at P.7, S.4 and S6 levels.
He directed Ministry of Education, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Health to work out modalities to this effect.
Currently there 287 admitted cases in 15 Referral Hospitals in the country.
Ministry says all cases are in stable condition.
“All are admitted to Entebbe Grade B and Mulago National Specialised Hospitals,” the statement adds.
Uganda on Saturday registered the highest number recorded in single day ever since the first case.
The Johns Hopkins University tracking site says Uganda currently has 417 confirmed cases with 0 deaths.
Health officials say to date; 72 people have recovered from the infection.
