Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has tested positive for COVID-19, is in good health and will continue to serve while receiving treatment, a senior health ministry official said on Wednesday, according to Reuter reports.
“Today…the President tested positive for COVID-19. This is after the onset of mild flu-like symptoms. However, he is in good health and continues to carry out his duties as normal while adhering to the standard operating procedures,” said Diane Atwin, Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health, on Twitter.
He said that two of the three tests he had had were negative and that he was waiting for the results of another test.
“So I suspect the coronavirus and I’m standing here. “That’s why you see me in a private car with Mama,” Museveni said, referring to First Lady Janet Museveni, who accompanied him to parliament.
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda adopted the most stringent lockdown measures in Africa, including curfews, closing businesses and schools, closing borders, and other measures. It fully reopened in February 2022.
During the pandemic, Museveni, who has been vaccinated against COVID, always wears a mask in public and always performs his official duties while respecting social distancing and is often seen sitting alone in a tent on the office lawn when meeting guests.
