Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the closure of all borders from midnight Sunday after the eastern African country reported its first coronavirus case.
The ban will still allow cargo to come into the country under certain conditions, Museveni said, according to a statement from the Department of Press and Public Relations. Domestic flights will continue, though that may change if the virus outbreak deteriorates, it said.
The Ministry of Health said Sunday the first Covid-19 case was a 36-year-old Ugandan national who returned home from Dubai with a fever. The patient tested positive for the virus at hospital, it said.
