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The Health ministry announced over the weekend that it had bust a con by scammers who are targeting medics.
“We have received information about anonymous callers reaching out to our medical workers and promising to send them to Geneva, Switzerland for training in handling & administration of the COVID-19 vaccine,” the statement said.
“This is false & should be treated with the contempt it deserves.”
Falling numbers
The Minister for Health, Jane Ruth Aceng while addressinf the media, said the falling numbers of COVID-19 is not unique to Uganda and scientists accurately predicted its occurrence after January 2021.
Regardless of the reliability of the biological and social explanations, it’s important that Ugandans appreciate that the pandemic comes in waves and the peak period between November 2020 and early January 2021 represented the close of 1st wave of the pandemic.
“The falling numbers therefore represent a punctuation consistent with our seasonal variation patterns, that is likely to be followed by emergence of what we shall consider as the 2nd wave,” she noted.
She said this may initially occur as isolated surges in different communities and populations groups, only to later merge into another singular wave, nationally.
Uganda, just like other countries globally, is therefore not yet safe.
Uganda commenced home-based care of COVID-19 patients in November 2020.
Home-based care was recommended for newly confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patient with no symptoms or mild illness,no known risk of developing complications or progressing to severe COVID-19 disease or any patient discharged from treatment center for home care.
So far, 22 districts are implementing home-based care for COVID-19 patients and these include: Kampala, Mukono, Kamuli, Adjumani, Koboko, Lamwo, Lira, Arua, Yumbe, Moyo, Kalangala, Kasese, Obongi, Bukomasimbi, Madi- Okollo, Bushenyi, Mbale, Kiryandongo, Kabarole, Isingiro, Kamwenge and Kyegegwa.
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