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Uganda Prisons Service has suspended prison visits for six weeks amid the sustained increase of COVID-19 cases in the second wave of the virus in the country
Uganda suspends prison visits over Covid-19 surge
Wednesday June 09 2021
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Uganda Prisons Service on June 8 suspended prison visits for six weeks amid the sustained increase of Covid-19 cases in the second wave of the virus in the country.
As of Wednesday 4pm local time, Uganda had registered 54,669 Covid-19 cases, with 47,760 recoveries and 388 deaths since the first case was reported in March last year, according to the ministry of health figures.
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Mr Johnson Byabashaija, commissioner-general of prisons has suspended all prison visits over surging cases of Covid-19. All visitations to prisons are suspended with immediate effect, regardless of Covid-19 vaccination status or testing certificate, Byabashaija said in a statement.