Uganda confirms first coronavirus case

Uganda has confirmed its first positive coronavirus case.

According to the Daily Monitor, the country’s Health Minister Jane Aceng made the announcement on Saturday night.

“The confirmed case is a 36 year old Ugandan male who arrived from Dubai at 2:00am today, Saturday 21 March 2020 aboard Ethiopian airlines. He presented with symptoms of high fever and poor appetite,” the Ministry of Health said on Twitter.

“During the screening process at the airport, his temperature was 38.7. This prompted the health teams to isolate him at the airport for further follow up. Subsequent temperatures taken at intervals of 30 minutes and one hour remained the same,” the ministry added.

Citizen Digital has learnt the patient is currently in isolation at Entebbe Grade B hotel while passengers who were aboard the same flight are also in quarantine.

The report comes barely hours after President Yoweri Meuseveni announced that no passenger planes would be allowed to enter or leave the country.