The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Secretary General, Justine Kasule Lumumba has tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This has been revealed by the party National Treasurer Rose Namayanja-Nsereko while addressing the Media in Kamapla on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Namayanja, Lumumba tested positive on Saturday, six days after she had been in self-isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She however explained that Lumumba was negative a week earlier but when her handlers tested positive a week ago, the medical practitioners directed her to stay in quarantine until the samples are picked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur party Secretary General has tested positive for COVID-19 but she is stable with no serious symptoms. The party business however will go on uninterrupted despite her physical absence from office,\u201d Namayanja said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Namayanja appealed to all political candidates to carry out periodic tests on COVID-19 and open up if found positive to ease the tracing of the contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is not the first-time officials at the NRM secretariat are testing positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In July 2020, Lumumba told the media that two key staff had tested positive and had been admitted to hospital for proper care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Official records from the Ministry of Health indicate that Uganda has so far registered 22,188 positive cases with 206 deaths while 9,117 had recovered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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