Mukono task force bans burials without Covid-19 examination
Mukono District Health Officer Dr. Stephen Mulindwa alleges that people are succumbing to COVID-19 without being tested
| Mukono locale Covid-19 team has suspended all internments until the bodies are inspected for the Covid infection. This will be carried out by the town wellbeing groups VHTs and neighborhood chamber LC I directors who have been entrusted to report every demise in their regions.
Dr. Stephen Mulindwa, the Mukono District Health Officer-DHO says that the drive is proposed to save inhabitants in light of inability to execute the standard working strategies and turn in huge numbers for burial services.
He says that there are higher possibilities that individuals are capitulating to COVID-19 without being tried on the grounds that they settle on facilities and dispensaries, which come up short on the ability to test for COVID-19.
The locale through Japan International Cooperation Agency-JICA has gotten 150 bikes and cell phones for VHTs to screen their networks. JICA has likewise offered Shillings 72 million and two bikes to help the local area mediation and the board.
