CONFIRMED: 50 Ugandan MPs Return from Tanzania with Covid19

Chris Obore, the director of communication and public affairs at Parliament of Uganda, has confirmed reports that nearly 50 MPs returned from the regional sports tournament in Arusha, Tanzania, with Covid19.

Dr Jane Ruth Aceng’s Ministry of Health (MoH) is working with Parliament’s health team to manage the sick MPs.

But Obore said most of the legislators who participated in the games had returned Covid19-free.

“About 50 MPs and staff who participated in EAC legislative assemblies’ sports in Arusha have tested positive for Covid19. They are being managed by Ministry of Health and parliament health team. No hospitalization case registered. The majority who went to Arusha are safe,” noted Obore, who speaks for Parliament.

“The games were interactive in nature therefore the players could not strictly observe SOPs. In Tanzania the population doesn’t wear masks.”

It was not clear if some of the legislators had caught the newly discovered Omicron variant.