By Spy Uganda
The Ministry of Health has announced that the number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in Uganda has risen to 705 after 9 new cases were confirmed from the samples tested on Sunday.
This comes after the Ministry tweeted on Monday morning thus; “Results from samples tested on 14 June 2020 confirm 9 new COVID-19 cases. The total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Uganda: 705. The Total COVID-19 recoveries: 299.”
According to a statement issued by Dr. Henry G. Mwebesa, the Director General Health Services, the confirmed cases Four (04) are Truck drivers. Two (2) arrived from South Sudan via Elegu Point of Entry while two (2) arrived from Kenya via Malaba Point of Entry.
Five (5) of the confirmed cases are alerts and contacts to previously confirmed cases. They include; 2 contacts from Tororo, who were under quarantine at the time of the test, and 1 contact from Amuru, 1 from Kyotera and 1 from Entebbe Districts.
Additionally, thirty seven (37) foreign truck drivers, (32 Kenyans, 1 Tanzanian, 3 South Africans and 1 Eritrean) tested positive for COVID-19 and were handed over to their respective country of origin.
The Statement adds thus; “Saturday 13 June, a Kenya truck driver who was sleeping on his mat under his truck in Busia District was found dead.
The Ministry of Health conducted investigations into his sudden death which revealed that he entered Uganda via Malaba Point of Entry on 31st May, 2020 with a negative COVID-19 test. A sample was taken off his remains by the surveillance team for a re-test and found negative for COVID-19. The Ministry would like to reiterate that to-date Uganda has NOT registered any COVID-19 related death.”
