Ministry of Health and WHO Respond to a Spike of Covid-19 Infection in Amuru Prison
Amuru
Prison is just like any other prisons facility in Uganda with prisoners going
about their daily chores and routines under the watchful eyes of wardens. The
situation has been like this for years, and it continues to be.
However, on 22 August 2020, the routine
changed when 153 prisoners and one wader tested positive for COVID-19 at the
facility. The confirmation changed Uganda's COVID-19 narrative as this was the
first and biggest cluster of COVID-19 infection to be detected in the country,
significantly increasing the cumulative national tally.
The detection of the 154 cases at the
prison facility followed risk-based testing conducted following confirmation of
three COVID-19 cases at Pece Prisons in Gulu who had transited through Amuru
from Elegu on the border with Sou...