Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni is hosting national prayers on Saturday with an appeal to Ugandans to pray for an end to coronavirus.
The prayers will be held starting at 1pm and will be televised.
“I have invited religious leaders to join me at State House Entebbe tomorrow, Saturday, for national prayers as we fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The televised prayers will start at 1pm. I urge all Ugandans to pray for our country while observing the health guidelines,” Museveni said.
On Friday, the country confirmed 13 more cases bringing the total number to 114.
“Results of samples tested on 8 May, 2020 confirmed 13 new COVID-19 cases from 2,421 samples of truck drivers. Out of the 13 new cases,7 are Kenyans, 4 are Ugandans while 2 are Tanzanians. Tracking them has commenced and the public will be informed accordingly,@ the health ministry revealed.
However, the Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine has revealed that efforts are underway to track them.
“Yesterday we got 13 positives .All are truck drivers .We are tracking them currently,” Diana said on her twitter account which is now buzzing with tweets.
She added, “We are working hard that the testing at the boarder kicks off .With that we shall be allowing them to leave with their results .We need the support of everyone to get there.”
Dear president have u allowed public transport to operate tomorrow