Name: COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Health Ministry says tests for incoming travelers are mandatory
Uploaded: 2021-12-02T18:07:04Z
Description: Government says it has intensified surveillance at Entebbe airport and Uganda’s border points to ensure that all persons entering the country are screened for Covid-19. This follows rising concern about the new Omicron variant discovered by South African scientists. Health minister Dr. Ruth Aceng says testing travellers will be carried out by private facilities using government-set costs.

Thu Dec 2, 2021

COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Health Ministry says tests for incoming travelers are mandatory

Government says it has intensified surveillance at Entebbe airport and Uganda’s border points to ensure that all persons entering the country are screened for Covid-19. This follows rising concern about the new Omicron variant discovered by South African scientists. Health minister Dr. Ruth Aceng says testing travellers will be carried out by private facilities using government-set costs.