“The hospitals are full,” Museveni warned, before adding that “the rapid surge in the intensity of the pandemic appears unprecedented, but still manageable” by introducing restrictions similar to those employed at the beginning of the pandemic.Īfrica’s 1.3 billion people account for 18 percent of the world’s population, but the continent has received only two percent of all vaccine doses administered globally. On the 11th June 2021, the President of Uganda appeared on a Televised Address to the Ugandan public to announce a forty two day lockdown to curb the adverse effects of the spiraling COVID 19 second wave. This is despite tightened restrictions announced last week including the closure of schools, bars and most gatherings. However, severe infections have soared in recent weeks and overwhelmed the fragile health system.ĭoctors told AFP news agency that oxygen and other essential medical supplies have run low as daily cases have increased in the past three weeks from fewer than 100 to more than 1,700. The landlocked country gradually eased those restrictions as the number of COVID-19 cases dropped. It imposed one of the earliest lockdowns and closures on the continent. However, we are already feeling its negative impact. The death of 234 Ugandans due to Covid-19 in the last one month has forced President Museveni to declare a total lockdown in Uganda, six months after the state had made pronouncements of a.
Last year, Uganda took drastic measures to restrict movements when it had only a handful of coronavirus cases. By the time of writing this article, there had been no confirmed cases of Covid-19 infections in Uganda. This comes days after the country lost 9 doctors in two weeks that includes a growing list of heath workers that have died due to the Covid-19 situation in. Only a few thousand samples are tested daily. Uganda is staring at a looming crisis after the country imposed total lockdown following the reporting by the health ministry of 42 deaths in a day. The actual totals are believed to be much higher. Authorities in Nigerias northwestern state of Zamfara this week imposed a lockdown among other restrictions aimed at curbing recent attacks by criminal gangs after a peace deal failed. Uganda ranked number 10 among 191 nations. Teachers have been engaged in teaching children through radio and television. It has confirmed a total of 68,779 infections, including 584 deaths. The Lancet Commission data for the month of August sited Uganda as the top African country in suppressing COVID-19. All educational institutions were closed before the total lockdown. Uganda is among some African countries seeing a dramatic rise in the number of infections amid a vaccine shortage.
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