Two more truck drivers have tested positive for coronavirus in Uganda bringing the country’s total confirmed cases to 116, the Ministry of Health said.
🔸All 652 community samples have tested negative for COVID-19.
🔹Total COVID-19 confirmed cases: 116.
🔸Total samples tested today: 2,565
🔹Total number for samples tested to-date: 56,767
🔸Total number of truck drivers who have returned to their respective countries: 31— Ministry of Health- Uganda (@MinofHealthUG) May 9, 2020
The confirmed cases are among 1,913 truck drivers whose samples were tested on Saturday.
“The new cases are: 40-year-old Kenyan and 30-year-old Uganda truck drivers who arrived via Malaba and Mirama Hills point of entry, respectively. Efforts to track them are underway,” the Ministry said on their social media platforms.
♦️Today,9 May,2020, 2 new COVID-19 cases confirmed from 1,913 samples of truck drivers.
🔺The new cases are:40 year old Kenyan and 30 year old Uganda truck drivers who arrived via Malaba and Mirama Hills point of entry respectively
🔺Efforts to track them are underway— Ministry of Health- Uganda (@MinofHealthUG) May 9, 2020
To date, the ministry has tested a total of 56,767 samples.
