Experts Stunned By Uganda’s Sudden Drop In COVID-19 Cases

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in Health November 2, 2021

Experts have been left stunned by the sharp drop in Covid-19 infections and deaths in the country. On Monday, only nine patients with critical Covid-19 were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Mulago Hospital.

In addition, they added 14 other patients to the hospital’s high dependency unit (HDU) which would admit up to 300 patients at a go. This happened during the peak of the second wave of the pandemic this very year.

The hospital said it had stocked well personal protective equipment (PPE), oxygen. And had also made more space in preparation for the third wave. This is what experts feared and expected in the month of October.

However, for the last two months, they have been admitting only 2-4 patients every day in their 27-bed capacity ICU.

The highest number of patients Mulago has had in the treatment Unit since August is 3 patients according to the hospital.

There is no definite explanation for this drop but they can perhaps attribute it to the stringent measures put in place.

Dr. Rosemary Byanyima, the hospital deputy executive director, says the infections at Mulago may not be depicting the extent in the country.

This is because the hospital has decided to treat only those that are in a very critical condition.

However, even if the numbers are currently very low, the number of people going for tests is also still very low. This has hindered the Health Ministry from recording the real numbers.

Uganda has up to date vaccinated only less than 10% of the population initially agreed to inoculate.

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