Africa News of Thursday, 21 May 2020
Source: bbc.com
Uganda cuts official coronavirus tally in half
The health minister says the country now has 145 cases
Uganda's health minister has announced a downward revision of coronavirus cases in the country following President Yoweri Museveni's directive to expunge all foreign drivers from the tally.
The country had by Wednesday confirmed 260 cases according to the World Health Organisation, but the minister says the number is now 145 after revision.
Jane Aceng said the count of all infected foreign lorry drivers will be added to their respective countries.
She tweeted:
Today, 20 May, 2020, 10 new COVID-19 cases confirmed. 9 new cases are truck drivers while 1 case is a contact case.
— Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng (@JaneRuth_Aceng) May 20, 2020
Following a Presidential Directive of deducting all foreign truck drivers from Uganda’s total confirmed case count, the confirmed COVID-19 cases now stand at 145.
The ministry said it had handed over 124 infected foreign drivers to their respective countries since the president's made the directive, but did not disclose their nationalities.
