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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12 2020 By LILIAN NAMAGEMBE
More 120 travellers linked to the deadly Coronavirus have been isolated in different parts of the country. The move is a preventive measure against the spread of the virus that has ravaged China and other countries.
Mr Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the spokesperson at the Ministry of Health, said people were not quarantined because they showed any symptoms but were just asked to self-isolate for two weeks to avoid any incidents.
“We have what they call a thermal scanner and the moment one arrives into immigration [section] it scans your temperature and if it is raised, you are monitored accordingly and sometimes isolated within your place of residence,” he said yesterday.
Mr Ainebyoona added that the ministry has got a surv...:tiphat:https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Nati...lated-Uganda/688334-5453188-y97ijx/index.html
More 120 travellers linked to the deadly Coronavirus have been isolated in different parts of the country. The move is a preventive measure against the spread of the virus that has ravaged China and other countries.
Mr Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the spokesperson at the Ministry of Health, said people were not quarantined because they showed any symptoms but were just asked to self-isolate for two weeks to avoid any incidents.
“We have what they call a thermal scanner and the moment one arrives into immigration [section] it scans your temperature and if it is raised, you are monitored accordingly and sometimes isolated within your place of residence,” he said yesterday.
Mr Ainebyoona added that the ministry has got a surv...:tiphat:https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/Nati...lated-Uganda/688334-5453188-y97ijx/index.html