President Yoweri Museveni has imposed a partial lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19.
Museveni was addressing the nation on Sunday evening when he banned gatherings for 42 days following weeks of a second wave.
BELOW ARE SOME OF THE KEY POINTS
- Schools have been closed for 42 days
- Churches and big gatherings closed for 42 days, online attendance is advised.
- Cultural gatherings are suspended for 42 days.
- Public gathering suspended for 42 days
- India travels apart from Ugandan returnees suspended.
*Agriculture activities to continue.
*Non agriculture activities to continue are factory, construction, shopping malls, supermarkets while observing SOPs.
*Shopping malls on probation for 1 week - Gathering points with alot of people to operate under strick observations. Failure to comply within a week
*Functions, social gatherings are only allowed with maximum of 20 people with strick observance of SOPs.
*House parties are banned
*Burials max 20 people
*Monthly mkts suspended.
*Public transport suspended starting 10th June. For interdistrict.
But within same district, it will be operating. - Cargo trucks 2 people allowed
- Sports events can be allowed without spectators.
*Work places 30% attendance.
*private vehicles 3 people