FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus walks in an empty taxi park in Kampala, Uganda. PHOTO | BADRU KATUMBA | AFP<\/p>\n
Dozens of military medical personnel on Monday withdrew from Ugandas national referral hospital after most of the COVID-19 patients admitted there completed their treatment and were discharged.<\/p>\n
Byarugaba Baterana, executive director of Mulago National Referral Hospital, hailed the military personnel for the support they rendered when COVID-19 patients were admitted at the hospital.<\/p>\n
Thank you for being disciplined and for fighting the pandemic. We have together reduced COVID-19 to the minimum, disabled it and actually defeated it with a heavy blow, Baterana was quoted as saying in a military statement issued in Kampala.<\/p>\n
Out of the 23 COVID-19 patients admitted at Mulago National Referral Hospital, 21 have been since discharged while only two remain at the facility, she said.<\/p>\n
Baterana said the two patients may be discharged on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Major General Ambrose Musinguzi, the chief of military medical services, said the army is mandated to support civil authority in cases of any catastrophe like the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
The military team would now be sent out to assist district task forces in the fight against the pandemic, Musinguzi said.<\/p>\n
Uganda, according to the Ministry of Health, has so far reported 79 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 46 have been discharged. Some patients are admitted at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital.<\/p>\n
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