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Uganda turns back 32 foreign Covid-19 positive truck drivers as new hi-tech 3000-tests-a-day machine goes into action

by Muhereza Kyamutetera
The cobas8800 machine at the Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL)/ National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services (UNHLS) in Butabika, a neighbourhood of Kampala.
Government of Uganda on May 18th turned 32 foreign truck drivers who tested positive for Covid-19 back to their respective countries. This followed the testing of 1,743 samples of truck drivers. 12 new Ugandan cases were also confirmed from this batch and the patients evacuated to hospital- ministry of Uganda twitted last night. The total confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at 260. The Mi

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Muhereza Kyamutetera is the Executive Editor of CEO East Africa Magazine. I am a travel enthusiast and the Experiences & Destinations Marketing Manager at EDXTravel. Extremely Ugandaholic. Ask me about #1000Reasons2ExploreUganda and how to Take Your Place In The African Sun.