KAMPALA: According to the Ministry of Health, there are no COVID-19 patients in the country’s hospitals.
However, the ministry’s spokesperson, Emmanuel Ainebyoona, stated that the risk of COVID-19 remains high.
“At the moment, there are no admissions.” Despite a very low positivity rate, some people continue to test positive. “We must remain vigilant because some countries are still under lockdown as a result of an increase in COVID-19 cases,” he said.
According to the most recent Ministry statistics, 27 cases were reported between April 12 and April 14, with an average test positivity rate of 0.3 percent, indicating that the pandemic is under control. Scientists believe that any positivity rate of less than 5% indicates that the pandemic is under control.
Last week, Dr Charles Olaro, the health ministry’s director of clinical services, stated that there were only two patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 at St Mary’s Hospital Lacor, a private non-profit facility in Gulu. This was a significant decrease from the Covid-19,435 patients admitted on January 16.
Dr. Olaro and other health experts attribute the decline to increased COVID-19 vaccination coverage as well as the mild Omicron variant.
“Vaccination uptake has been good, and there are preventive measures that people are observing individually, even though people are discarding masks.” “Vaccination may not prevent you from becoming infected, but if you do become infected, the infection will be mild,” he said.
Out of the 44 million doses acquired by the government, the country has administered 19.8 million.