Uganda Civil Aviation Authority directed Rwandair airliner to immediately leave Entebbe Airport with 10 Koreans on board who were denied entry into the country.
South Korea is categorized as a high-risk country for Coronavirus.
The incident happened on Thursday night after the aircraft arrived at Entebbe airport.
Authorities from Civil Aviation (CAA), Ministry of Health and other security agencies asked the airliner to leave Uganda on learning that there Koreans were on board.
CAA spokesperson Vianney Luggya confirmed this development saying they were requested to return to where they were coming from.
“Some people were politely requested to return to where they came from after interaction with health officials, but there was no chaos and the number of Koreans was about 10, not 40,” Vianney told TrumpetNews on Friday.
It emerged that RwandAir officials didn’t specify that they had members on board from high-risk countries, yet this is a requirement ever since the the pandemic broke out.
Rwanda has since recorded 17 cases of Coronavirus.
In a bid to prevent the spread of the virus in Uganda, government has suspended travel from 31 countries that have been massively hit by the virus.
On Thursday night, Minister of Health Dr. Ruth Aceng assured quarantined foreigner in Entebbe that Uganda will do anything possible to protect its citizens.
