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By Felix Twinomugisha
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In Mitooma

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A woman who came from Dubai has today Tuesday March 2020 caused panic at Mitooma Health Centre IV in Mitooma district.

The woman is a resident of Nshenga in Mitooma town council Mitooma district who arrived at Entebbe International Airport on Thursday 19, March 2020 and dodged quarantine.
However, when residents learnt that she had just arrived from the risky city (Dubai), they alerted the police who picked and isolated her at Mitooma central police station, according to the Mitooma RDC Ms Ada Naasima.
Our reporter visited Mitooma Health Centre IV today morning and found the security team led by the RDC and the health team looking for a wider place where they can isolate any other suspected patients since the hospital has no adequate facilities to handle such cases.
The RDC said, the said suspect had not been tested and she was also pending transfer to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital for testing.
At the hospital, there were other two isolated Ugandans, one was a woman who came from Rwanda and a boy who had earlier arrived from Kenya but the RDC said they were to be dispatched since their quarantine period is over and they had no signs.
RDC said they have formed surveillance teams at sub county level and hope these will help them in sensitizing the public and following up the suspects.
On scene, most patients were seen scared and some would be seen peeping the security and health team as they distanced themselves from the small isolation place.
Uganda currently has 9 COVID-19 confirmed cases.

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By Domisiano Ayebare
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In Bushenyi

The Bushenyi Distirct health officer Dr. Edward Mwesigye has confirmed that 17 people are under surveillance for COVID-19 Bushenyi District having returned from affected countries.
He noted that these people are Ugandan nationals who came back home from Dubai ,Rwanda, DRC and other from Italy among other countries.
Mwesigye told www.mknewslink.com that among people under quarantine is a Reverend Father from Bitooma town council who recently returned from Italy.
He clarified that a person was quarantined for 14 days at Kampala international teaching hospital in Ishaka after returning from Rwanda with symptoms and signs of COVID-19.
Bushenyi RDC Jolly Tibemanya revealed that they are to set up a task force of 9 people from the district to the village level .
These remarks were made today in the meeting at the district with , District LC V Chairman ,DISO ,GISO , CAO ,Bushenyi Municipality Mayor , District health Officer with few other political councilors .
The RDC said that at the village level task force shall be able to monitor residents who carry visitors from outside then report them to authorities.
He urged residents to report to authorities any one they see with signs and symptoms of COVID 19 because when some one shows no signs and symptoms, he/she cant be taken into quarantine.
He warned parents to be security conscious on their children , noting that president’s directive on closing of schools was that schools are crowded worrying why parents still allow their children to loiter in towns and villages.
According to CAO Malik Mahab they received circular from the permanent secretary minister of Local government containing 10 things to the CAOs and Town clerks of municipalities in the whole country suspending all Council meetings.

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By our reporter
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In Rukungiri

Four people were yesterday arrested following death of a 5 year old girl who was killed going to fetch water from a river.
The 5year old a pupil of Kimbugu nursery and primary school and resident of Kimbugu village Nyakishenyi parish Nyarushanje s/c Rukungiri district was allegedly murdered by the four; Aharimpisa Prepetwa, Mukama Nicholas, Owomukama Ambrose, and Nkwasibwe Andrew.
According to a brother Denis Agaba, the two were alone at home on Sunday 22nd March 2020 and the deceased decided to go and fetch water but did not return after along time .
He said he decided to go and call their mother who had gone to visit some one and when she reached home ,with her husband they mobilised residents who began a search only to discover the body of the girl in the morning of 23rd March.2020.
Elly Mate the Kigezi region police mouthpiece told www.mknewslink.com reporter that the body of the deceased was discovered near the river without a head, arm and inside organs.
Matte added that the scene was visited by District CID officer Rukungiri and a team of other personnel who did a postmortem and arrested four suspects with the help of the police sniffer dog.

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By Hillary Igambirine
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In Bushenyi

H.E Museveni as Political Manager of our Country Uganda has done his best to show case that COVID-19 is global health threat and needs exigent preventive approach by every citizen. We are very happy over his presidential directives. The onus is unto us to execute them deligently.
Prudent to note, it’s our Patriotic and moral duty as Solid Citizens to disseminate this information to ordinary Citizenry. Suffice to say is that these ordinary and illiterate people are most vulnerable to pandemic as their vulnerability inevitably makes us also vulnerable because the COVID-19 is contagious irrespective of our ideological differences, colour, Creed, sex, tribe and our socio-Economic status. Thus, it’s should be collective responsibility of every Citizen to disseminate this information.
To Country’s Security apparatus; you are engaged with invisible enemy and if not put out of action; is ready to kill you, your family,clan and all your Country Men and Women. Therefore, you have Patriotic and moral duty to stop people from massive gatherings , bars and public entertainment. By that, you are protecting yourself , family and your Country from invisible enemy. It’s time to have Country before Self or never. We expect to see foot patrols closing all bars during night, GISOS sharing information with District security Command structure about recalcitrant behaviour in their communities towards presidential Directives.
To Ugandan Elite; it’s not time to speak whiteman’s English to populace to showcase you are educated. It’s time to be agents of Preventive approach against COVID-19. Let us use our mobile phones to call our country side families and guide them on how best to prevent themselves from COVID-19 and equally being Community role models in preventive approach against pandemic. As elite in your family; do you have washing point in your family, what do you tell your Community about this pandemic?
To our Leaders on District and national level; use all media platforms to make sure your people understand COVID-19 Pandemic and how best to prevent it . you can use radio, TV, print media or even use loud Speakers in your villages, parishes and constituencies to disseminate preventive measures against COVID-19. It’s a ripe time for our leaders to be there for our people… people ‘s mindset Change plays pivotal role to counter attack this invisible enemy {COVID-19}. If our leaders mute them at this critical moment, it means you are a political liability to your people and Country . Leaders ought to be on Frontline to fight this invisible enemy (COVID-19) in their respective communities.
Our media fraternity should be at centre stage to inform people about this pandemic, call in Medical personnel to furnish listeners/audience about COVID-19, how to prevent it, what to eat to improve body immunity. Every media House is supposed to be informative before it’s audience inter alia.Therefore, it’s a cardinal duty for media fraternity to inform the audience about this pandemic
Dear parents; make use of our children in this short holiday to cause Family Health Security by erecting Hand washing points on the entry of our families and making sure whoever comes to our Homes washes his or her hands. You again have parental responsibility to discern your children from unnecessary visits which may make them vulnerable to pandemic.
European & Asian Countries with first class Health system have been hit hard by COVID-19 PANDEMIC, the vulnerability of African countries is high and it’s only our preventive measures’ strategy that can liberate us, thus, our timely interventions can only safeguard us . Our negligence will ferment into status-quo that makes us die like flies by COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Let us be Covid-19 warriors not Covid-19 idiots destined to go to graveyard.
Covid-19 pandemic is real, it kills every one, its an invisible enemy that needs visible preventive measures@ wash your hands, social distance yourself and cause collective community awareness of the Covid-19 pandemic
Igambirine III Hillary is a Lead Education motivational speaker/ A Patriotic Ugandan.

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By Our reporter
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In Kampala

Uganda has confirmed eight more cases of Coronavirus,making the total nine since the first case was reported on Saturday 21st March 2020
In a briefing, Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said all the patients are Ugandan nationals who travelled from Dubai.
She said they have all been isolated as all the persons who came into contact with them are being traced.
She said all cases in Uganda are from Dubai. They either traveled on Emirates or Ethiopian Airlines. All cases are people coming in from Dubai,” she noted.
The minister says the first patient who tested positive on Saturday is stable.
According to the president, there was a possibility that the confirmed case, a 36-year-old male resident of Kibuli, Kampala, picked the virus on his way from Dubai where he had travelled for a business trip.
The confirmed case is said to have travelled to Dubai on March 17, 2020, and returned to Uganda on March 21, before he was identified and quarantined.
The president told Ugandans to avoid using public means of transport as one of the ways to avoid the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Meanwhile, Rwanda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed 17 new more cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) bringing the number of people diagnosed with the virus in the East African country to 36.
In a statement released Monday, March 2, 2020, the patients, who comprised five travelers from Dubai, three from Kenya, two from the US, and two from Qatar and India each have been isolated, as persons who came into contact with them are being traced.
The authorities said one contact of a previously confirmed case was identified through tracing.
In a bid to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) which has ravaged the world, the government of Rwanda on Saturday, March 21st declared a countrywide lockdown.
Other measures include a temporary ban on non-essential travel between different cities and districts across the country, while all employees both in the public and private sectors will work from home.
No one has died of the virus in Rwanda. All markets and shops selling foodstuffs and other essential groceries remain open.

Other services that are open include hospitals, banks, pharmacies, petrol stations, among others while public transport will also be allowed to remain in operation to service the providers of these essential services.

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