President Yoweri Museveni has told the nation that government will continue to give food to the population.

Museveni was address the nation on the current situation about the Covid-19 pandemic. The President stated that the country’s Covid-19 cases had risen to 457 positive cases, 332 of them being truck drivers.

Food distribution

The President said: “Government has so far given relief food to 1.8 million Ugandans – posho, 6 million kgs of beans, 300,000kgs of sugar. Uganda will never allow mixing of food and non-food items again until we get a coronavirus vaccine.”

Museveni stated: “We shall continue giving food. Some people thought we had stopped giving food but we just finished the first phase and we shall be coming back in Wakiso and other areas. Even the people who we gave food first, we might be coming back.”

Lock down

He revealed: “The lockdown can’t continue indefinitely because it affects the economy and other social activities like spirituality. A direct battle with Covid-19 for 75 days resulting into a total of 457 cases, 72 recoveries, 0 deaths is good.”

Masks

Museveni on masks, he said: “Distribution of masks will now start on June 10 as opposed to June 4 due to production constraints. Distribution to start in border districts and those who don’t have the right mask must stay at home.”

Covid-19 Vaccine

He identified: “Uganda’s scientists and those of other countries are rapidly working in the coronavirus vaccine. For now he says, strategy is treatment by supporting the body or avoidance. The lockdown was to enhance the strategy of avoiding the virus.”

Preparation

Museveni boasted: “Right now Uganda has 2,000 hospital beds to deal with coronavirus cases and this can be enhanced and scaled up to 40,000 beds if necessary. Says govt can construct temporary tents.”

He said: “Uganda is ready to deal with Covid-19 case escalation. Says one doctor needs 30 nurses per shift. At 40,000 cases Uganda would need 133 field hospitals, 266 doctors and over 8,000 nurses. Purpose of the lockdown was to enable us prepare better but not to stop the virus.”