{"id":51043,"date":"2023-06-19T10:41:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T10:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/im-now-covid-free-museveni-announces-after-11-days-of-self-isolation"},"modified":"2023-06-19T12:01:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:01:18","slug":"im-now-covid-free-museveni-announces-after-11-days-of-self-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/im-now-covid-free-museveni-announces-after-11-days-of-self-isolation","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m now Covid-free, Museveni announces after 11 days of self-isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>President Museveni announced Sunday that his Covid-19 test results have indicated that he\u2019s negative, 11 days after he went into self-isolation after being infected with the virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the war with corona, it is now confirmed that I am a veteran graduate of the war with that enemy. It has been exactly 11 days since the battle started officially on June 7, 2023, on the Day of the State of the Nation Address. I had actually felt a mild pre-flu type of state on Tuesday, the day before. I had, however, ignored the symptoms until the following day when I had a slight running nose for a little while. That is when I called my doctors to take samples for checking,\u201d Mr Museveni, 78, said in a Sunday evening statement.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not yet clear how Mr Museveni, who has always been extra-cautious with his health and observing all the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures, got infected.<\/p>\n

Mr Museveni who has been in power since 1986 on June 7 physically addressed Parliament as he delivered the State-of-the-Nation address at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala, an event that was boycotted by Opposition MPs who accused him of \u201cwasting billions of shillings of taxpayers\u2019 money on avoidable Covid-19 tests\u201d mandated for anyone to attend his public gatherings.<\/p>\n

The Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mr Mathias Mpuuga, hours to the afternoon address accused Mr Museveni of \u201creckless expenditure\u201d on the virus tests and advised him and his family members to observe the Standard Operating Procedures if they were anxious about the virus that the World Health Organisation (WHO) last month declared it was no longer a global emergency after killing millions of people.<\/p>\n

Mpuuga urged Mr Museveni, 78, to always conduct virtual meetings instead of subjecting people who wanted to meet him to \u201ccostly Covid tests\u201d at the expense of taxpayers.<\/p>\n

Mr Museveni\u2019s test results were first made public during the State-of-the-Nation-Address.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy 1100 hours (June 6), they came back to tell me that two of the samples were negative but one was positive. That is when I decided to travel to Kololo for the Address [on June 7] in separate cars with Maama [Janet Museveni]. I also wanted to drive myself in one of the cars until the doctors reconfirmed to me that the driver\u2019s \u2013 ADC\u2019s compartments, air-conditioning wise, are totally separated from the rear compartment.<\/p>\n

Immediately, I shared with all of you the story when the 3rd sample was reconfirmed in a more accurate laboratory. Right from the beginning, I told you and my doctor, Diana Atwiine, told me that attack was mild but I had to isolate myself to defeat the enemy and also not to spread the enemy,\u201d Mr Museveni added.<\/p>\n

Mr Museveni revealed that he had stopped using facemasks because they were giving him irritations in the throat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Kyankwanzi, I stopped using the mask because it was giving me llergy of the throat and eyes. Thereby, I shifted from the first line of Defence (masks, social-distancing, etc.) to the second line of defence (immunization, nutrition and the therapeutics where necessary). Why hasn\u2019t covidex been regularized? I need a quick answer from Dr Musenero and from the Health Ministry. How can somebody claim that he can cure corona which has killed so many of our People and it is now three years and you have not confirmed his claim or proved it to be a lie? More seriousness is required here,\u201d he said before acknowledging people he said had been praying for him to get well.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. President Museveni announced Sunday that his Covid-19 test results have indicated that he\u2019s negative, 11 days after he went into self-isolation after being infected with the virus. \u201cOn the war with corona, it is now confirmed that I am a veteran graduate of the war with that enemy. 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