Overall, COVID-19 community infections are rising in Uganda, exacerbated in the last two months by the easing of lookdown restrictions. Musenero says the cycle of COVID-19 transmission can only be broken if individuals take responsibility to protect themselves by wearing face masks in public, and at the same time practise social distancing and good hygiene. They are not wearing masks or social distancing,” she added. “When we started the COVID-19 fight, the public cooperated but now we see people going back to the pre-COVID-19 days. Traders and customers in Kikuubo downtown, Kampala. Musenero says the public is beginning to let their guard down by not observing prevention protocols. While Uganda’s COVID-19 response started on a positive note, Dr. Monica Musenero, the Presidential Advisor on epidemics. “The lockdown measures we put in place were meant to help us understand the virus better and therefore make decisions based on what would help us manage the disease,” said Dr. Uganda imposed one of the strictest COVID-19 lockdown measures on the African continent-35 restrictions in total were put in place, including the banning of movement of vehicles and people, except with special authorisation. Public health experts credit a combination of early interventions, including imposing strict stay-at-home measures, closing down schools, places of worship and banning of public gatherings for the slow spread of the virus in the country. In the past seven days alone-between September 14th and 20th, 1,489 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the country.ĭespite the surge in the daily number of people testing positive, experts say Uganda has fared better than many countries in the region in terms of the number of overall infections per capita and number of deaths since the first case of the virus was registered in the country.
Since that period in March, more than 6,400 people have tested positive and 63 have died from the virus as of Septem(visit our Data and Graphics section for real-time updates). Within 10 days of the first documented case, the country was placed under lockdown. September 21 marks half a year since the novel coronavirus was detected in Uganda, with the first case linked to a returning traveler from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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