Uganda has today discharged 3 patients who have totally recovered from COVID-19 disease after spending 21 days in Entebbe Grade B hospital.
15 more patients are set to be discharged on Easter Sunday according to the Health minister Jane Ruth Aceng. Uganda recorded her first coronavirus case on March 21, 2020. Nearly all the infected are returnees from abroad with a few isolated local transmissions.
Aceng urged the community not to stigmatise the discharged, saying they have fully recovered from the disease after consistently testing negative. Uganda's total confirmed coronavirus cases stands at 53. With the discharged 3, active cases now stand at 50. The identity of the discharged have not been disclosed and the media has been urged to respect their privacy. She urged the discharged to take enough rest and counsel each other.
Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda praised Entebbe hospital health workers for taking care of themselves by staying negative while they took care of the COVID-19 patients saying Uganda has shown the world that health workers can take care of COVID-19 patients and still stay negative. If health workers can't take care of themselves, then they can't take care of patients, he said.
Several health workers in Italy, USA, UK have lost their lives while managing COVID-19 patients especially due to shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Rugunda added that President Museveni has directed that all divisions of Kampala be given relief food starting tomorrow.