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Mulago Closed Off To Public To Treat Only VIPs And COVID-19 Patients

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Today morning, Ministry of Health has announced that Mulago National referral hospital has been closed off to the public.

Mulago hospital will now be used as a COVID-19 sample collection site for all individuals and an isolation and COVID-19 centre treatment unit for patients who test positive for COVID-19.

This comes after rumors on social media that it would be used to treat VIP patients only i.e MPs and ministers.

“Mulago hospital is a treatment and isolation center. We don’t want patients moving in and meeting people dropping samples. It’s only VIPs, like MPs and ministers allowed to go there for sample collection since their number is not big,” Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the ministry of Health senior public relations officer, said.

According to them, this is being done to reduce on chances of infection between patients seeking for other medical reasons and those who will be getting COVID-19 treatment and testing.

There has been a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country and now many employers are getting their employees tested to reduce on the chances of infection at their work places.

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