By Rogers Wanambwa�

KIU, Main Campus c��?? President Yoweri Museveni has maintained most of the restrictions that have been in place to combat COVID-19.�

Restrictions on public gatherings, closure of education institutions, boda-bodas ferrying people, mobile markets, saloons and arcades have been kept in place, with the only notable relaxation of restrictions being opening travel in some border districts. The 7:00 pm-6:30 am curfew was also maintained but private cars were allowed to carry an extra passenger.

He said this during his latest presidential address to the nation on COVID-19 yesterday, June 22.

According to the president, Uganda has done exceedingly well in managing the virus and he thanked God and the health workers for that.�

He said that according to the Ministry of Health, Uganda has so far conducted 171,000 tests and from these, only 774 were found positive for COVID-19. This translates to 0.45% of the whole number. Also, of the 774 who had tested positive, 631 recoveries have been made by the time he was addressing the nation. This translates to 81% of all the positive cases. This, he said, made him very happy.�

However, he maintained that Ugandans should continue following all the restrictions and safety measures to see to it that we continue on this trajectory.�