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By Xinhua Published: Jul 05, 2021 09:48 AM
People wearing face masks ride a motorcycle in Kampala, Uganda, on July 4, 2021. Uganda has introduced new penalties for offenders of the country s COVID-19 prevention procedures. A statutory instrument dubbed Public Health (Control of COVID-19) rules 2021, signed by Health Minister Ruth Aceng, said that if one is found guilty of not wearing a facial mask while in public places, he or she will face a jail term of two months.(Photo: Xinhua)
A vendor sells face masks to a man in a vehicle in Kampala, Uganda, on July 4, 2021. Uganda has introduced new penalties for offenders of the country s COVID-19 prevention procedures. A statutory instrument dubbed Public Health (Control of COVID-19) rules 2021, signed by Health Minister Ruth Aceng, said that if one is found guilty of not wearing a facial mask while in public places, he or she will face a jail term of two months.(Photo: Xinhua)
A statutory instrument dubbed Public Health (Control of COVID-19) rules 2021, signed by Health Minister Ruth Aceng, said that if one is found guilty of not wearing a facial mask while in public places, he or she will face a jail term of two months.
Every person shall, at all times, while outside his or her place of residence, wear a facial mask, the instrument issued on Friday said.
The instrument also said that any COVID-19 positive individual who escapes from a designated isolation unit faces imprisonment for two months on conviction.
Any person who aids a person who is confined in a place designated for isolation or quarantine for COVID-19, in escaping or attempting to escape from the place commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for two months, the rules added.