Over 120 people have been isolated and face quarantine in different parts of Uganda after they were linked to the deadly coronavirus, a Ministry of Health official has disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emmanuel Ainbyoona, the ministry\u2019s spokesperson said that the people were not quarantined because they showed no symptoms but were just asked to self-isolate for two weeks to avoid any incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have a thermal scanner and the moment one arrives into immigration, it scans your temperature and if it is raised, you are monitored and sometimes isolated within your place of residence,\u201d Ainebyoona said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, about 71 Ugandan students are still stranded in Wuhan, Hubei province with the government saying that it has no plans of evacuating them despite their calls of distress asking to be evacuated, citing that the country might not have resources to treat and quarantine them in case they had the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Government spokesperson in a tweet dated February 6 advised the students in Wuhan to stay calm, saying; “Ugandans in #Wuhan<\/a> have been advised by #UGGovt<\/a>@KagutaMuseveni<\/a> to remain there and observe all the precautionary measures placed by the #ChineseGovt<\/a>. @UgandaMediaCent<\/a>@lindahNabusayi<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n