By Andrew Irumba
Kampala: The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Uganda has risen from 685 on Saturday to 696, according to information from the Ministry of Health.
According to the Ministry, results from samples tested on 13 June 2020 confirmed 11 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases to 696.
The new cases include 6 truck drivers: 3 from Elegu while 3 are from Malaba, while 1 is a frontline health worker, whereas 4 cases are among contacts and alerts from Buikwe, Lira, Adjumani and Amuru.
The Ministry also revealed that 33 foreign truck drivers tested positive for COVID-19 and were handed back to their country of origin, while the Total Recoveries remain 240. The Total Samples from Points of Entry tested today: 1,564 and Samples from alerts and contacts: 1,385, out of the Total samples tested of: 2,949.
Moderna To Test Coronavirus Vaccine On 30,000 People
Meanwhile, Spy Uganda has learnt that a vaccine against COVID-19 developed by US biotech firm Moderna, will enter the third and final stage of its clinical trial in July with 30,000 participants, the manufacturer has announced.
Russia surpassed 500,000 cases after 8,779 new infections were reported by health officials. The death toll stands at 6,532, a number the World Health Organization (WHO) has cast doubt over.
Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London, whose modelling helped set the UK’s coronavirus strategy, said the country’s death toll could have been halved if lockdown had been introduced a week earlier. The UK has more than 291,000 cases and at least 41,000 deaths.
More than 7.36 million people have now been confirmed to have the coronavirus and at least 416,000 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
