Ministry of Health Uganda has on Wednesday confirmed two new Covid-19 cases pushing the Uganda cumulative tally to 81 after two contacts tested positive.
The two new cases are both males; a 24-year-old Ugandan and a 21-year-old Burundian refugee.
According to Dr Henry Mwebesa who is the director-general health services at the Ministry of Health, the new cases are contacts to a confirmed Burundian refugee case.
"They are under quarantine at Rakai hospital," he said.
Meanwhile, all 1,703 samples from truck drivers at border points of entry tested negative for COVID-19 yesterday.
“A total of 2,002 samples tested today,” the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Wednesday.
It should be noted that Uganda has so far registered 52 recoveries since the virus outbreak was reported in March this year
