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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that Ugandans living in China should not be evacuated because of the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus that is ravaging the city of Wuhan in China’s central Hubei Province.
According to the latest figures, the deadly virus has killed over 491 people with 24,363 others confirmed as having contracted the virus.
Speaking at the State House Entebbe where he received a brief about the outbreak from Chinese ambassador to Uganda Zheng Zhuqiang, Museveni said that the government of China has already put in place mechanisms to contain and prevent the transmission of the disease, hence Ugandans are safer there.
Museveni made the same directive on Monday after a meeting with Ugandan officials led by the Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda about Uganda’s preparedness to tackle the virus. The president said there should be an aggressive campaign to educate people about the dangers of the virus and what should be done to prevent it.
“I now understand this disease. I’m going to write about it so that the public is sensitized on how to prevent it,” said Museveni.
According to the latest figures, the deadly virus has killed over 491 people with 24,363 others confirmed as having contracted the virus.
Speaking at the State House Entebbe where he received a brief about the outbreak from Chinese ambassador to Uganda Zheng Zhuqiang, Museveni said that the government of China has already put in place mechanisms to contain and prevent the transmission of the disease, hence Ugandans are safer there.
Museveni made the same directive on Monday after a meeting with Ugandan officials led by the Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda about Uganda’s preparedness to tackle the virus. The president said there should be an aggressive campaign to educate people about the dangers of the virus and what should be done to prevent it.
“I now understand this disease. I’m going to write about it so that the public is sensitized on how to prevent it,” said Museveni.
