Officials from government of China in Wuhan City have warned a Ugandan medical student, Thomas Kanzira against updating his family in Uganda about his plight following 18 days of lockdown.
Kanzira, sounding hopeless and waiting for God’s intervention told NBS TV on Monday morning that he doesn’t know what is next after Ugandan government communicated that it will not evacuate its citizens staying in Wuhan.
Kanzira is a medical Student at the University of Jianghan.
Explaining his ordeal, he said, no facilities are open in Wuhan apart from government hospitals.
“We are starving because there is no where to buy food. We can’t be allowed to leave this city and no one is giving us food,” said Kanzira.
The food he stocked is finished, Kanzira’s fear is starving to death.
He said Ugandan Embassy in Beijing hasn’t been helpful.
But his frustration is that officials of China government warned him never to inform or talk to his family back home, “I am a wanted man. I have been warned.”
Kanzira said the warning came through the University administration.
“Even right now I don’t if the university will expel me or not,” he said.
Kanzira has kicked off an online campaign as a means of finding a solution to his deplorable situation.
He said 900 people have so far died of the virus in Wuhan city.
Efforts to reach officials at Ugandan Embassy in Beijing were futile by press time to substantiate on Kanzira’s claims.
Coronavirus
Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.
Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Detailed investigations found that SARS-CoV was transmitted from civet cats to humans and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to humans. Several known coronaviruses are circulating in animals that have not yet infected humans.
Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death.
Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread include regular hand washing, covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, thoroughly cooking meat and eggs. Avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing.
