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Uganda’s Covid-19 Cases Rise to 649, More Frontline Health Workers Test Positive

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The Ministry of Health has reported 30 new Covid-19 cases after four more frontline health workers and three security personnel tested positive for the virus.

This pushes the country’s tally of Covid-19 cases to 646. The total number of frontline health workers who have so far tested positive currently stands at 22.

According the results announced on Monday, five out of the thirty new cases are truck drivers who arrived via Elegu and Busia border points, three security personnel while eighteen are alerts and contacts to previously confirmed cases from Amuru, Tororo, Buikwe, Kyankwanzi, Arua, Buliisa, Kisoro, Wakiso and Kampala districts.

Additional, 51 foreign truck drivers who tested positive for the virus were handed over to the authorities of the countries of origin. These were from Kenya (43), Tanzania (4), Tanzania (4), Burundi (3) and Eritrea (1).

The total number of recoveries cuurently stands at 103 with no fatalities registered yet due to the disease.

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