Uganda has confirmed 1 new case of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 122, the health ministry has confirmed.
The new case is Ugandan truck driver who arrived from Juba via Elegu. His sample was part of 2,296 other samples that were tested today at the Uganda Virus Research Institute
All 558 community samples have tested negative for COVID-19.
Meanwhile security and health officials are hunting for a Kenyan truck driver who went into hiding after his samples tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday at Malaba border point.
The Aswa region police spokesperson, Mr Patrick Okema said the driver abandoned his truck registration number KBR 614H in the parking when he arrived at Elegu on May 8, 2020.
Mr Okema has appealed to members of the public to cooperate with authorities and volunteer any information on the driver’s whereabouts to prevent further spread of coronavirus.
"Efforts to trace for this patient who has gone in hiding is ongoing. A team of security at the border and medical officers are following this matter seriously until we trace him. We appeal to the community members that this fight is not only for security and medical team. It calls for a concerted effort.
Whoever knows where this gentleman could be, particularly in Elegu or surrounding areas, should alert security team so that he's picked and taken to the treatment centre," he said.
