Dr. Atwine wrote another letter canceling her earlier directive. She says the Ministry is still waiting on the report of the technical assessment of the two facilities.
While receiving the CT scan from the Ministry of Health Friday, Dr. Stephen Pande, the Director of Moroto Regional Referral Hospital, said they have been referring patients in need of CT scan services to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital or Mulago Specialised hospital for diagnosis.
Dr. James Lemukol, the Moroto District Health Officer, says that many mothers from the villages are still skeptical of taking their children for immunization because of superstition.
Brig. Bonny Bamwiseki, the Fourth Infantry Division Commander on Wednesday disclosed that they have taken the step to minimize risks of Ebola infections at the military institution.
Janani Loum Bishop, the Regional Coordinator, of integrated disease surveillance and response says the facility set up previously served as a covid-19 isolation ward but has now been repurposed for suspects of Ebola Virus Disease.
Denis Okello, the Assistant District Health Officer Amuru says they are changing the vaccination strategy by conducting door to door covid-19 vaccination for eligible persons.
Kitgum District was allocated 407 million Shillings in July to facilitate the work of the taskforce and implement interventions for the control of Covid-19. The funding would cover expenses on case management, surveillance, communication and risk, among others.
Patrick Ocaya, the district operation supervisor in charge of mosquito nets distribution says a validation exercise conducted captured 363,632 people as beneficiaries, an excess of 25,454 people above the micro-planning figure.
Pajule Sub-county LCIII Chairperson Brilliant Tito Okello says that the anomaly angered the locals since they had already been registered to benefit from the mosquito nets.
Dr Mathew Emer, the Apac District Health Officer says locking the area that consists of over 5,000 residents in the nine villages will help the medical team trace over 100 contacts to the six confirmed cases.
