COVID-19 variant from India detected in Uganda

Uganda Health Ministry said on Thursday that it has detected the COVID-19 variant from India.

The Ugandan Government made the announcement on Twitter but did not divulge any more details on the case.

The Health Ministry however urged citizens to “Wear a mask when in public; wash hands with clean water and soap or use a hand sanitizer; practice physical distancing and get vaccinated.”

The raging state of the COVID-19 pandemic is India is a wake-up call for Africa that its governments and citizens must not let their guards down, the African Union’s disease control agency warned on Thursday.

India reported more than 379,000 new COVID-19 cases and 3,645 new deaths on Thursday alone. It was the highest number of deaths reported in a single day in the world’s second most populous country since the start of the pandemic.