Uganda's President Museveni tests positive for Covid — health official: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has tested positive for Covid-19, is in good health and will continue his duties, while getting treatment, a senior health ministry official said…
“Today ...the President tested positive for Covid-19. This was after developing mild flu-like symptoms. However he is in robust health and continues to perform his duties normally while adhering to SOPs,” Diane Atwine, permanent secretary at the health ministry, said on Twitter, referring to standard operating procedures for handling Covid cases.
Earlier on Wednesday after giving a State of the Nation address at the parliament's grounds, Museveni, 78, gave a first hint that he may have contracted Covid, saying in the morning he had felt a slight cold, prompting him to request Covid tests.
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