Africa News of Monday, 1 June 2020
Source: www.pulse.com.gh
It took joint police and military team to remove a COVID-19 patient on Saturday, May 30 from the classroom ceiling where he’s been hiding after escaping.
Reports say security agencies in Uganda were over the weekend forced to launch a high voltage search for a COVID-19 patient who went missing shortly after receiving his results.
According to Tuko.co.ke, the patient, a truck driver, had just returned to Kayunga District in the neighbouring country after transporting pineapples to Kenya when he was diagnosed with the disease.
Kayunga resident district commissioner, Kikomeko Mwanamwoiza is reported as saying the contact tracing team had searched for the 30-year-old man but could not find him, so authorities thought it prudent to employ services of the army and police to fish him out.
"When the results revealed he was positive, the medical team in Kayunga was informed and given details of the case. However, efforts to get him to the hospital for treatment proved futile as we could not locate him. His relatives also said they didn't know his whereabouts," Mwanamwoiza was quoted by Uganda based Daily Monitor.
PRESS RELEASE: Seven frontline health workers test positive for COVID-19 in #Uganda. Total COVID-19 cases are 417.
— Ministry of Health- Uganda (@MinofHealthUG) May 31, 2020
The confirmed cases include:
- 3 nurses
- 2 doctors
- 2 senior level staff
All are admitted to Entebbe Grade B and Mulago National Specialised Hospitals pic.twitter.com/cl9mkEMYUr
COVID-19 UPDATE
— Ministry of Health (@MOH_Kenya) May 31, 2020
??1,574 samples tested in the past 24
??78,536 samples tested so far
??74 new positive cases today
??Total confirmed cases stand at 1,962
??14 new recoveries today
??Cumulative discharged 474
??1 fatality today
??Total fatalities stand at 64#KomeshaCorona pic.twitter.com/MbWCH55q54