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The Ministry of Health said travelers returning from India returned with the variant also referred to as B. 1 .617. It is said the travelers felt unwell after returning home so they decided to go for a checkup which revealed that they were infected with the variant.
Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu, the executive director of UVRI says they have so far identified one case. This however should be taken as a precaution to be more careful as the ministry is on the lookout for other cases.
‘’We have picked up one case but are still looking for more. We are not yet sure whether the infected person had interacted with other people,’’ Kaleebu said.
According to reports, the country has already registered over 300 cases of variants from different countries. According to scientists, the country has so far registered a total of 6 strains of the coronavirus that have circulated in the population.
The variants include one from South Africa, Nigeria, India, and the UK.
Uganda has registered one new death as a result of the virus, and 31 new cases from tests carried out on April 27. This brought the cumulative confirmed cases to 41,797 along with a total of 342 total deaths.
Currently, the total number of people vaccinated is 321,350 people.
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![[dropcap]P[/dropcap]resident Yoweri Museveni is reportedly disturbed by the high number of cases of land grabbing involving officials from the State House and the Office of the President. This was revealed on Friday by Ms Phiona Barungi, the State House Special Assistant on General Duties while meeting land-grabbing victims in Luwero district. Barungi said the president had been lately overwhelmed by complaints about State House officials tormenting scores of people, especially in central Uganda. “There’s just too many complaints about State House employees,” she said. “We have become a big problem, even the president himself, who gave us these jobs is concerned… He does not know what to do.” “He sent us to serve the people but we are now serving our stomachs. It has gotten to a point where almost every state house official is involved in a land wrangle somewhere.” In a meeting held in Zirobwe village in Bukyimu sub-county in Bamunakika, Barungi said her office was being bombarded daily by helpless people. Some of these are facing death threats from powerful people. “Yesterday I had just landed from Turkey, I even was feeling sick. I found a man at the airport waiting for me,” Barungi told the meeting. “He told me that a man connected to Gen Muhoozi Kairerugaba was hunting him to kill him and take his land. When I asked around, it turned out that this man has no connection to Gen Muhoozi. He is just a serial land grabber.” In the meeting, the residents singled out a number of people who have been harassing them. These also went ahead destroying their crop gardens, and metting out all manner of violence to force them out of their land. The Minister of Lands Hon Sam Mayanja during the meeting ordered an immediate arrest of two of these land grabbers. They include Mary Babirye and Rasmus Kagaba. Check Also; Shock As Minister Raphael Magezi Directs Security To Investigate Katakwi Town Council Leadership For Grabbing Gov’t Land State House Anti-Corruption Unit Saves Family Land From Serial Land Grabber President Museveni Warns Land Grabbers As He receives the Land Probe Report](https://newslexpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/imageresize.jpg)