The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has tested positive to COVID-19 after developing mild flu-like symptoms but is in good health and will continue his duties.
The Permanent Secretary at the health ministry, Diane Atwine has confirmed the incidence.
Earlier on Wednesday after giving a State of the Nation address at the parliament’s grounds, Museveni, 78, gave a first hint that he may have contracted COVID, saying in the morning he had felt a slight cold, prompting him to request COVID tests.
He said two of three tests he had done were negative, and he was waiting for the outcome of another.
“So I am a suspect of corona and I am standing here. That is why you saw me coming in separate cars with Mama”, Museveni said, referring to the First Lady Janet Museveni, who accompanied him to parliament.
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda had some of the strictest measures in Africa to limit the spread of the virus, including long curfews and the closure of schools and businesses.
It fully reopened in February 2022.
Credible News recalls that during the pandemic, Museveni, who was vaccinated against COVID, was always seen in public wearing a mask and has always conducted his official duties while social distancing and would often be seen seated alone in a tent on the lawn of his office when meeting visitors.
