The first group of Ugandan Returnees who have been stranded abroad due to airport and border closure amidst COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the country yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This is after government allowed a total of 2,392 Ugandans stranded abroad to return in a phased and orderly manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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According to the ministry of Health, Uganda will receive a group of 300 returnees every two weeks and the first group arrived on the 13th of June 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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While giving an update on the COVID-19 response in Uganda yesterday, the health minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said all the returnees have to undergo a mandatory COVID-19 testing prior to their return journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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She says the ministry of foreign affairs made arrangements and communicated through the country’s missions abroad to enable this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Aceng says her ministry has identified and prepared a total of 16 quarantine centers where all the returnees must undergo 14 days of institutional quarantine at their cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“We have also assembled screening and laboratory teams to ensure that all the returnees undergo COVID-19 testing upon arrival and on the 10th and 14th days of quarantine respectively” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The minister adds that if any one is found positive, in the quarantine site, he\/she will be transferred to a designated isolation treatment center for care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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To contain the spread of Covid-19, president Yoweri Museveni on March 22 suspended all incoming flights, except cargo flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Uganda is 685. This includes 47 returnees from abroad, 234 contacts and alerts, 337 truck drivers and 67 cases with history of travel to East African countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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