President Yoweri Museveni is on Monday expected to address the nation on matters regarding the Coronavirus and offer further guidance on the way forward
The address follows a number of measures aimed at easing the lockdown that had been imposed to curb the spread of the virus.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health on Sunday morning said the country’s total number of confirmed cases had risen to 413 after 84 new cases had tested positive for COVID-19. This was out of the 1,835 total samples.
Of the new positive cases, 52 are truck drivers while 32 are contacts of previously confirmed cases.
Fifty (50) of the positive cases arrived from South Sudan via Elegu while two arrived from Kenya through Busia.
According to the Ministry of Health, 51 foreign truck drivers who tested positive at points of entry were denied entry and handed over to their country of origin.
So far, 72 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals across the country.
“All were under quarantine at the time of testing,” said a statement posted on the ministry’s social media platforms.
In a tweet on Saturday, the Minister of Information and National Guidance Judith Nabakooba said the president will guide the country on the way forward.
"H.E president @KagutaMuseveni will address the nation on matters regarding #COVID19 and the way forward, on Monday, June 1, 2020, at 8 pm," the Minister said in the tweet.
In his previous address, President Museveni announced 11 measures as a precondition to the easing of the COVID-19 lockdown.
They include the following;
NEW MEASURES
✳ 1. Shops selling general merchandize will open provided they are not in the shopping malls, shopping arcades and food markets.
✳ 2. The heroic market women that have slept in the work places for all these days, will be allowed to go home and come back to work daily if they want to.
✳ 3. Public transport will resume but with strict regulations. Mini-buses, buses, taxis, tuku-tukus can operate provided they carry only a half of their normal capacity. Public transport won’t operate in border districts for another 21 days.
✳ 4. Boda bodas won’t carry passengers yet. They should continue to carry cargo as they have been doing during the time of the lock-down.
✳ 5. Bars, night-clubs, gyms, saunas, swimming pools and hair-salons, will stay closed for another 21 days since they cannot easily observe the rules of social distancing.
✳ 6. The International borders of Uganda and the airport will remain closed so that we do not import additional cases from outside.
✳ 7. Education institutions can open but only for finalists/candidate classes. There will be no first-term examinations. Social distancing is a must. Other learners will wait for now.
✳ 8. Curfew from 1900hours until 0630 hours , remains in place for another 21 days.
✳ 9. Food restaurants can open as long as the clients observe social-distancing and there is no air-conditioning which spreads the virus.
✳ 10. People with private cars will be allowed to drive as long as the car does not carry more than 3 people, including the driver.
✳ 11. All the other restrictions will remain in place for 21 days.
