ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDA has announced that it would reopen its sole international airport to commercial flights on October 1, more than five months after its closure as a measure to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in the East African nation. The move is the latest in a series of steps by the government of President Yoweri Museveni to gradually lift one of Africa's tightest lockdowns and rejuvenate the economy, badly hurt by the shutdown. "We're preparing to open for resumption of flights on October 1," spokesman for the country's state-run Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Vianney Lugya, said of…