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Uganda reports first Covid-19 death

Coronavirus. Uganda reported its first Covid-19 death on July 23, 2020. PHOTO | FILE | SHUTTERSTOCK

By  CHARLES M. MPAGI

What you need to know:

  • The victim, a 34-year-old female support worker at a health facility in the eastern border district of Namisindwa, succumbed six days after falling sick.

Uganda has registered its first Covid-19 death since it began reporting coronavirus cases in March this year, the Ministry of Health has announced.

The victim, a 34-year-old female support worker at a health facility in the eastern border district of Namisindwa, succumbed six days after falling sick, the Director-General of Health Services, Dr Henry Mwebesa said on Thursday.

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