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Covid-19: Uganda PM Ndugu Rugunda contact test positive, sends self in isolation

Uganda’s Prime Minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, has gone into self-isolation after some of his contacts tested positive for Coronavirus. Whisper Eye Reports.

“Friends, I have gone into self isolation after some of my contacts tested positive for COVID19. My own test result is negative, however, I have taken this decision as a health recommended measure,” prime minister Rugunda tweeted on Friday .morning.

However this comes at a time when president Museveni ordered a mandatory test for his entire cabinet at the office of the president this Friday.

The aging PM has not disclose who his contacts are, the Ministry of Health had earlier announced that some of the front runners had tested positive.

Rugunda’s tweet
Kaweesa Hope Mulangira

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