East Africa seems to have hit the panic mode as cases keep rising at an appalling rate with limited health workforce teams.
Rwanda which currently has the highest number of cases in East Africa announced on Sunday, March 29 through the Ministry of health that 10 people more people had tested positive for COVID -19 increasing the number from the previous 50 to now 70 victims.
Kenya confirmed its first coronavirus case on March 13. Two weeks later, the number had risen to 31.
Kenya also registered four new cases of the coronavirus, the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Health Mutahi Kagwe announced on Sunday bringing the total number of cases in the country to 42.
Amid fears of a major outbreak, the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta announced a series of sweeping measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, the highly infectious disease caused by the virus.
The government is reportedly looking at hiring an additional 1,000 health workers or more as the need arises.
Tanzania remains the country with the lowest number of patients with Covid-19 after recording 13 cases, for which two are in Zanzibar and eleven are in Tanzania mainland.
Here in Uganda, the Health Ministry has confirmed three more COVID19 cases bringing the total to 33, the number of coronavirus patients in a space of one week.
The Health Minister, Dr. Ruth Aceng on Sunday evening said on that Out of 203 samples that were tested on Sunday, 3 were confirmed positive for COVID-19.
She urged Ugandans to adhere to the prevention guidelines issued by the Ministry to interrupt the spread of the virus.
Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the Director-General Health Services in the Health Ministry, says all confirmed cases are stable and receiving treatment at four health facilities.
“All confirmed cases are stable at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, Adjumani General Hospital, and Hooks hospital,” he said.
