CORONA VIRUS : ARCHBISHOP OF ORTHODOX CHURCH TRANSFERRED FROM KABALE TO KAMPALA FOR QUARANTINE

Posted On 25 Mar 2020

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Grant Ahumuza
www.mknewlink.com
In Kabale

The metropolitan Archbishop of the orthodox church of Burundi and Rwanda has been transferred from the Kabale Quarantine to Kampala over other health issues.
The Archbishop who has been under quarantine along with other 94, has acute diabetes and hypertension that require better attention.
The archbishop and other 94 were traveling in two Jaguar buses from Burundi, through Rwanda to Uganda before they were held and quarantined at Kirigime Guest House in Kabale Municipality, Kabale district.
The archbishop’s transfer came after the request of the Metropolitan archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Kampala his Eminence Jonah Lwanga.
Jonah Lwanga made his humble request through the Ministry of Health.
The Archbishop will be quarantined at Grand Global Hotel Quarantine center in Kampala until his mandatory 14 days of quarantine are over and his special doctors will treat him from there.
The archbishop, while speaking to our reporter at Kirigime guest house said he would have loved to remain with other 94 in quarantine but his hypertension and diabetes hiked, forcing him to move for treatment.
He advised the world to adhere to guidelines set up by government to prevent the continuous spreading of the corona virus.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi regional police spokesperson witnessed the transfer of the archbishop .
However, some people seen by our reporter were freely allowed to enter and leave Kirigime Guest House quarantine center, and others were seen without any fear working around the area.
Uganda has confirmed eight new cases of corona virus, bringing a total of those infected to nine.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic and has spread to at least 177 countries and territories, killing more than 17,000 people and infecting more than 390,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.