By Rogers Wanambwa�

KIU, Main Campus - The Ministry of Health has confirmed eight new COVID-19 cases bringing the countryc��?cs case count to 805.�

According to a tweet from the Ministry of Health, 6 of these confirmed cases are truck drivers from the countryc��?cs border Points of Entry; 3 from Mutukula, 2 from Elegu, and 1 from Malaba. The cases were discovered from among the 1,521 samples taken from the border points.�

The other two cases are from 675 samples taken from contacts and alerts received from Amuru and Kyotera districts.�

Amuru and Kyotera are the districts with the highest number of community infections, something that compelled President Yoweri Museveni, in his last COVID-19 address to the nation, to keep transport within these districts closed, despite opening up other selected border districts.

14 foreign truck drivers tested positive for COVID-19 and were returned to their countries of origin.

Despite a daily recording of COVID-19 cases, the infections are being outstripped by the number of recoveries, which stand at 717 so far.�

However, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng on Monday warned Ugandans about taking the high rate of recoveries for granted, advising them to instead continually adhere to the ministryc��?cs guidelines so that we can defeat the virus.