{"id":39412,"date":"2022-10-27T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T13:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/government-rules-out-city-lockdown"},"modified":"2022-10-27T14:06:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T14:06:37","slug":"government-rules-out-city-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/government-rules-out-city-lockdown","title":{"rendered":"Government rules out city lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The government has no intention at the moment to impose localised lockdown in Kampala metropolitan due to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Information minister Chris Baryomunsi said last evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still studying the trends and if it becomes necessary we can consider the lockdown, but for now we are focusing on tracing the contacts of positive cases,\u201d said Dr Baryomunsi, a medical doctor.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cPeople should not look at restricted movement in a bad way because it is one of the known public health preventive measures. Whereas movements were restricted in Mubende and Kassanda [districts, the epicenter of the outbreak], given the current hard economic conditions and Kampala being the heart of the economy, a lockdown would be very undesirable in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rapid spread of EVD has given rise to speculation that the government is likely to restrict movements into, and out of, the capita and its neighbouring Wakiso and Mukono Districts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople should be vigilant, and continue to observe the Ministry of Health guidelines as well as reporting of any suspected cases. Hopefully we shall not have movement restrictions in Kampala. But if the public is reluctant and the situation gets out of hand, then the lockdown will be inevitable\u201d Dr Baryomunsi said.<\/p>\n<p><b>What they say<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt (lockdown) will be very unfortunate.We think with the commitment and collaboration with the business community, we can fight Ebola&#8230;we just request the science team to find better ways we can fight the disease than the lockdown&#8230;we are still suffering from the effects of the lockdown of Covid19, so it\u2019s like we are moving back.\u201d Tadieus Musoke, chairman, Kampala Capital Traders Association<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government should instead sensitise us on the preventive measures. We need to take precautions such that the Ebola Virus Disease does not escalate in Kampala. The government &#8230; before thinking of implementing a lockdown should think of its demerits [to individuals and economy].\u201d Christopher Mugwanya, national treasurer, Proprietors of Private Educational Institutions\u2019 Association In Uganda<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEbola is not yet a threat that should cause even a hint of the lockdown. They should first ask what\u2019s happening where Ebola came from before talk of a lokdown in Kampala,\u201d Rujirwa Katatumba, chairman, Bar, Club And Entertainment Owners Association.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The government has no intention at the moment to impose localised lockdown in Kampala metropolitan due to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Information minister Chris Baryomunsi said last evening. \u201cWe are still studying the trends and if it becomes necessary we can consider the lockdown, but for now we are focusing on tracing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,240,1141,234],"class_list":["post-39412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-ebola-virus-disease","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Government rules out city lockdown - 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