COVID-19 CASES OVERWHELM MEDICS IN KABAROLE DISTRICT, TASK FORCE RESORTS TO SELF QUARANTINE

By Musa Polite

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In Kabarole

The number of people with COVID-19 in Kabarole has increased to 28, leaving the district task force with no option other than resorting to home-based management.

Brian Kisembo, the COVID-19 Incident Manager in Kabarole, says that so far, five of the cases are admitted at the isolation unit of Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital for management, while 18 are on a home based management.

Kisembo says the cumulative cases in the district are now 57 and two deaths from the virus have been registered.

He also says the health facilities are lacking the Personal Protective Equipment – PPE, something that is partly blamed for the 14 health workers that have since tested positive for the deadly disease.

As one of the measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the district, the Kabarole district LC V chairman, Richard Rwabuhinga and the Deputy RDC Mr. Bandeeba Festus yesterday flagged off the distribution of 267,000 masks to the public.

Rwabuhinga says that of the targeted 300,000 beneficiaries, some are learners in candidate classes and have since received two masks each.

Festus Bandeeba, the Kabarole Deputy Residents District Commissioner and COVID-19 taskforce chairperson says that the government is in the final stages of flagging off the distribution of PPE.

The ceremony was held at the District Headquarters in Kitumba Fort Portal.

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