According to his brother Shadrack Kaguta, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is no longer in danger, who tested positive for Covid-19 on June 7.

According to Kaguta, the 78-year-old is being isolated and will have his perhaps final Covid-19 test on Thursday. 

"The President is no longer in danger." "I happened to get in touch with him yesterday on the phone, and he told me he is fine and just following the Ministry of Health's standard operating procedures as he waits for the final test, which is scheduled for Thursday this week," he was reported as saying by the Monitor daily.

PHOTO | COURTESY president Yoweri Museveni


He stated that the president, who has been in office for 37 years, had resumed his customary tasks, "like handling some paperwork while in isolation."

Kaguta spoke at a national prayer meeting in Kampala to implore God to heal Museveni.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda implemented among the strongest containment measures in Africa, including curfews, business and school closures, border restrictions, and other measures.

During the epidemic, Museveni, who is Covid-vaccinated, was always seen in public wearing a mask and has always fulfilled his official duties while socially distancing himself. He was frequently seen seated alone in a tent on the grounds of his office when seeing visitors.