By Ben Musanje
28th Nov 2022
Police have advised people in the two hotspot districts of Kassanda and Mubende to obey the government measures instituted to curb the spread of Ebola virus to avoid celebrating the festive season of Christmas and New Year in the lockdown.
During the live televised address over the weekend, the Vice President Jessica Alupo while representing President Yoweri Museveni, extended the initial 21-days lockdown in the two districts of Mubende and Kassanda amidst the reduction of new Ebola cases and deaths.
Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson says that cases of those still violating the lockdown measures have reduced with only 22 people arrested, 14 motorcycles and one vehicle impounded in the whole of last week.
He says that among those arrested, only 9 were taken to court and granted bail, 8 released with caution by police and 5 are expected to be aligned before court this week.
Last week, the Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng noted that the situation is different in Kassanda district where the progress has been slow because of challenges of a weak health system, myths, misinformation and belief in witchcraft coupled with the unbecoming behaviour of exhumation of dead bodies to perform cultural rituals.
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