Museveni Warns After 'Heartless People' Circulate Alarming Coronavirus Falsifications
President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned Ugandans against circulating falsifications about the deadly coronavirus after unknown crooks forged a message and attributed it to the president.
The crooks in their fake message claimed the president had ordered everybody to stay home. However, the president was quick to clarify after his team alerted him about the fake message.
“My team has informed me of this wrong message (see picture) being distributed. I have not made any such declaration as of today. I discourage the heartless people trying to alarm Ugandans with these falsifications. Whoever is behind such should desist from it henceforth.”
Earlier on, however, President Yoweri Museveni said that there might be a need for more drastic measures to curb the spread of the killer virus.
In a statement shared on his personal social media pages including Facebook on Saturday morning, the President says he’ll let the country know what these measures are.
Full statement
Dear Countrymen, Countrywomen and the Bazzukulu.
Greetings again.
227 returnees from Dubai and other places were tested, 5 were positive. This brings the number to 23 who are positive.
Although the number is growing, I am still happy to see that the majority of returnees are negative which means they don’t have the virus.
However, the worry is that the people who are positive had circulated in the population.
Nevertheless, the medical teams will trace all the contacts and check on them.
We may have to take additional drastic measures. I will keep you informed.
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
Gen. (rtd)
President of Uganda
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