As the numbers of COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country, the Ministry of Health has appealed to the parents to be very vigilant during this critical time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5 months ago, government decided to temporarily close all pre-primary, primary, secondary, universities and tertiary institutions across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to president Museveni the move was intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recently government suggested the reopening of schools but there is still fear that the pandemic might spread faster among children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far, the Ministry of Health has recorded over 92 cases among children, raising concerns about the worrying upward trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ministry said the infected children are aged between 0 and 12 years, most of them are asymptomatic with very mild or no symptoms of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ministry\u2019s Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwiine asked parents to educate their children about the spread of this deadly disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that this will help the children to protect themselves even in the absence of older people at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cumulative confirmed cases in Uganda is 5,380 with 2,489 recoveries and 60 deaths<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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