At Mulago National Referral Hospital that once had as many as 500 admitted patients, less than 10 are currently receiving care
Kampala – Health experts have warned that the absence of COVID-19 patients receiving care at COVID-19 wards should not be taken as a sign that the country has won the COVID-19 fight.
According to health experts, the reduction in COVID-19 cases is a sign that the country has completed its first wave and that a second might be on the way.
Data from the health ministry indicates that since the beginning of February, there has been a gradual decline of COVID admitted cases, and less than 30 patients are admitted to hospitals at the moment.
Hospitals like Gulu regional referral hospital and even Masaka say their wards are empty. At Mulago National Referral Hospital that once had as many as 500 admitted patients, less than 10 are currently receiving care. The Nambole Stadium auxiliary treatment centre with 1,500 has no patient.
Lt Col Dr Henry Kyobe, the national incidence commander of COVID-19 says the reduction might be a result of a change in the transmission dynamics in the country. He says that over 85 percent of Uganda’s COVID-19 cases have been symptomatic and have not required hospital admission.
As of March 2, about 40,408 cumulative cases of COVID-19 had been reported in the country with 334 deaths.
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