ISINGIRO LEADERS WANT GOV’T TO TEST REFUGEES OF CORONA VIRUS BEFORE RESETTLEMENT TO CAMPS

By Felix Twinomugisha
www.mknewslink.com
In Isingiro

Authorities in Isingiro district are calling upon the office of the Prime Minister to check all refugees for Coronavirus before they are brought to the camps in the district.
Isingiro district is one of the most hosting refuse communities with two settlement campus of Nakivale and Oruchinga. Isingiro majorly hosts refugees from Rwanda and Burundi among other countries.
Speaking to our reporter on Friday morning ,Donozio Kibanda the district councilor representing Birere Sub-county in Isingiro said that districts which host refuges are on great risk hence should be put on strict surveillance.
His comment comes at time when one case of Corona virus was reported in DRC early this week with a Belgian who had come to the country.
There are atleast 132 cases and two deaths on the African continent with recent one being in Ivory Cost.
Since its outbreak in Wuhan China, Coronavirus has killed thousands of people and has spread to at least 118 countries world wide.
However, there has been no any confirmed case in Uganda though its on a red alert after neighbours DRC and Kenya confirmed Positive cases.

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