{"id":15408,"date":"2020-05-20T12:14:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T09:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=15408"},"modified":"2020-05-20T12:14:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T09:14:28","slug":"4-covid-19-cases-detected-uganda-now-stands-at-264","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/20\/4-covid-19-cases-detected-uganda-now-stands-at-264\/","title":{"rendered":"4 COVID-19 Cases Detected, Uganda Now Stands At 264"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Ministry of Health confirms four (4) new COVID-19 cases from samples that were tested on 19th May 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of the new confirmed cases are from 500 community samples while the other 2 cases are from 1,728 samples from truck drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of tests carried out were 2,228.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases is now 264.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirty-six (36) foreign truck drivers who tested positive were handed back to their countries of origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirmed Cases are;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. A 28-year-old Ugandan male, resident of Buikwe District and is a contact to one of the previously confirmed truck driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. A 26-year-old Ugandan male, resident of Kyambogo, Kampala and is a contact to one of the previously confirmed truck driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was under quarantine at the time of confirmation and is currently admitted at China-Uganda Friendship Hospital, Naguru<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. 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