The Ministry of Health surveillance team together with different security agencies in Uganda are tracking a Tanzanian driver who arrived at Mutukula border on Thursday from Dar es-Salaam.
The Ministry officials at the border took his blood samples to Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe.
The 34- year- old cargo transporter would later test positive. However, he had been allowed to proceed to deliver goods to its destination.
Ministry of Health says the driver is being hunted to return him to Tanzania for treatment.
Earlier the Ministry said the patient was from the Ugandan community. The institution regrets the misinformation.
On Wednesday Uganda witnessed quite a similar scenario when a Ugandan truck driver from Kenyan was tested at Malaba border and he continued.
He later tested positive and was tracked down in Northern Uganda- Kamudini. He was destined for South Sudan.
A Kenya driver who tested positive was returned to his country immediately for treatment.
It must be noted that the total number of COVID-19 cases in Uganda remain at 55.
The samples taken Thursday and Friday are 1120 and of those 744 are cargo drivers who entered Uganda from different border points. They all tested negative
Uganda has since discharged 20 patients who have fully recovered from Coronavirus.
