August 4, 2021 A security guard on duty at a closed mall
After 39 days of the national lockdown imposed by President Yoweri Museveni, the minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng updated the country on what the shutdown was meant to achieve.
In her July 27, statement Aceng said the second lockdown was meant to achieve the following: Enhance measures to interrupt transmission of Covid among health workers and the general population; Enhance risk communication and community management; Streamline and strengthen home-based care for Covid-19; Increase capacity of our health facilities to optimally manage Covid cases; and Continue with vaccination depending on availability of vaccines and sustain continuity of essential health services.
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