Panic as Masaka registers seven fresh Covid-19 cases
Monday March 15 2021
Health-workers at Masaka Regional Hospital attend to a 34 year old truck driver who tested positive for Covid-19 before he was repatriated to Tanzania on April 18, 2020. PHOTO/FILE/ISSA-ALIGA
Summary
The district last week received 4,630 doses of Covid-19 vaccine under the first phase of vaccination.
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Panic has again gripped authorities in Masaka District following a reported resurgence in new Covid-19 infections.
This- after the district recorded seven fresh Covid-19 cases in a space of two days after several weeks without registering a single case.
According to the Masaka District Health Officer Dr Faith Nakiyimba, one of the latest Covid-19 victims is a man that was being held at Masaka Central Police Station while some are priests from one of the Catholic parishes in Masaka Diocese which she did not mention. The other case is of a health worker.