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Taskforce advises Museveni to ease Covid-19 lockdown
Friday July 30 2021
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Members of the National Covid Taskforce and the Scientific Advisory Committee have advised President Museveni to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions in the country.
Members of the taskforce led by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja met the President yesterday at State House ahead of today’s presidential address.
The meeting, according to sources looked at the current Covid-19 curve, daily infections, recovery trends, death toll and positivity before they discussed the pros and cons of lifting the lockdown. One of the members of the taskforce, who requested not to be quoted since the meeting was not public, told Daily Monitor last evening that they had asked the President to go slow on full reopening of the economy and warned him about the possibility of a dangerous third wave.
Government says due to non-compliance with Covid-19 guidelines despite the rise in infections and deaths, the lockdown is a possible preventive measure