Uganda imposes new measures
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDA'S president Yoweri Museveni has introduced sweeping new anti-coronavirus measures including a ban on all vehicular movement except for essential workers to help curb a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic gripping the nation. The east African country, like most other African peers, had been left relatively unscathed by the first wave. It suddenly started experiencing a steep surge in COVID-19 infections last month after authorities confirmed they had detected the presence of the Indian coronavirus variant. "The country has seen a more aggressive and sustained growth of the COVID-19 pandemic," Museveni said in a televised address He…
