Cabinet has noted the status of preparedness and response of 2019 Novel Corona virus in Uganda.
Government Spokesperson Ofwono Opondo says that cabinet decided that in order to strengthen 2019 – Novel Corona Virus outbreak preparedness leveraging on the existing Public Health Infrastructure that has previously controlled Ebola, yellow fever among others, all planned International and National Conferences and Workshops continue as planned but with consultations from Ministry of Health.
During the Cabinet meeting on Monday at the President’s office in Kampala, it was also decided that all schools should continue with their academic program, the Public should be on alert and exercise preventive precautionary measures, all alerts should be reported to Ministry of Health Tollfree 0800203033, 0800100066 or send free text to 6767 beginning with the ‘alert’ key word, while traders and business community should exercise limited travel to and from China
Meanwhile, Cabinet also noted the commemoration of the International Women’s Day that will be held on Sunday 8th March, 2020, at Maluku Grounds Mbale District.
This year’s celebrations will run under the Theme; “Celebrating 25 years of the 1995 Constitution: Milestones on Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Uganda.”
