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Home Health Coronavirus outbreak

Covid-19 cases surge, positivity rate hits 4.8%

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June 20, 2022
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Covid-19 cases surge, positivity rate hits 4.8%

A lady undergoing a Covid-19 test

By Henry Mugenyi

The ministry of Health has raised concerns over the recent surge of Covid-19 in the country with a weekly record of about 600 cases.

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Health experts and behavioural scientists say the decline in infections and deaths in the country made people relax on vaccination and observation of standard operating procedures, thus leading to a low uptake of Covid-19 vaccines and booster doses.

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According to the director of Public Health at the ministry of Health, Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, Covid-19 cases have averaged 600 per week in the last two weeks.

“I think we are on the foot of another wave starting because we moved from an average of having 2-3 cases a day to 600 cases a week. Cases around the neighbouring countries have been raising and we have been observing and when the other wave ended, we had some few cases left behind,” Dr. Kyabayinze said.

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He said revolving information and misconceptions about Covid-19 vaccination in the country could have confused the population.

“People believed a lie that there was no more Covid-19 and this perception has really done more harm than good,” he said.

To date, the country has a positivity rate of 4.8% with a total of 21,634,800 doses administered.

Dr. Kyabayinze noted that the number of people that are due for booster doses are many but with a low turn up at vaccination centers.

Results of COVID-19 tests done on 17 June 2022 confirm 111 new cases. As of June 17, the cumulative confirmed cases are 166,920.

 

 

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