"“Protect Yourself" - Bushenyi District Health Officer Advises KIU Students

KIU, Western Campus câ¬â€œ Dr. Edward Mwesigye, the District Health Officer for Bushenyi district has urged students from Kampala International University to câ¬Å“protect themselves at all timesc⬝, as the number of people infected with COVID-19 in the country continues to rise.

Dr. Mwesigye made this call while visiting the Kampala International University Teaching Hospitalcâ¬â„cs COVID-19 emergency centre on Monday 30th, March 2020, to pay a courtesy call to the hospitalcâ¬â„cs focal person for Coronavirus, Dr. Sam Kyalema.

câ¬Å“Students should take their lives as a priority and adhere to the Presidential directive and Ministry of Health guidelines to combat COVID-19,c⬝ Dr. Mwesigye said.

câ¬Å“They should also exercise infection prevention and control and watch out for any high-risk persons and report them immediately,c⬝ he added.

Bushenyi district is liaising closely with KIU Teaching Hospital, and is using the hospital as the emergency centre for COVID-19 in the neighbourhood.