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Uganda registers 1st COVID-19 death

Director General Health Services, Henry Mwebesa briefs press

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has today confirmed Uganda’s first COVID-19 death. The deceased is a 34 year old Ugandan female, resident of Namisindwa district who presented with COVID like signs and symptoms: fever,dry cough,headache and difficulty in breathing.

The postmortem samples from the deceased were confirmed positive for SARS-COV-2 by 4 laboratories: UVRI, CPHL, Tororo and Makerere. In addition, findings at postmortem showed features of acute pneumonia; findings that are consistent with COVID-19 infection.

The Namasindwa district taskforce has been reactivated to coordinate the district response. So far,30 contacts to the deceased have been listed and placed under quarantine by the health authorities in Namisindwa (18) and Mbale (12) districts.

To date, Uganda has registered 1,079 cumulative confirmed cases of Ugandans and a total of 971 Ugandan recoveries.

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