Leta ivuga ko covid-19 iri kugenda irushaho kongera umuvuduko mu buryo budasanzwe, aho mu minsi umunani gusa bamaze kubarura abantu barenga 400 banduye.

Si abanyururu gusa byagaragaye ko banduye, kuko harimo n’umucungagereza umwe wanduye. Abeshi muri aba bagororwa bari batawe muri yombi bazira ibyaha binyuranye, ku mupaka wa Elegu i Amuru, akarere gahana imbibi na Sudani y’Epfo.

Bose hamwe bari bafungiye muri kasho imwe, aho byari biteganyijwe ko boherezwa muri gereza nkuru y’igihugu. Leta ya Uganda yatangaje umuntu wambere wanduye covid-19, mu kwezi kwa Werurwe, ndetse igenda ishyiraho ingamba n’amabwiriza yo kurwanya ikwirakwira ry’iki cyorezo, harimo izerekeye amagereza aho nta muntu wemerewe gusura umuntu ufunze.

Mu cyumweru gishize ni bwo Minisiteri y’Ubuzima yatangaje ko yatangiye gupima covid-19 mu banyururu bose, nyuma y’uko umwe yagaragaje ibimenyetso by’iki cyorezo agahita ashyirwa mu kato aho ari kwitabwaho n’abaganga.

Umuvugizi w’urwego rushinzwe amagereza Frank Baine, avuga ko basabye Leta gupima abanyururu bose uko ari ibihumbi 61,000, hakiyongeraho no gupima abacungagereza bose mu gihugu kugira ngo hamenyekane umubare w’abamaze kwandura.

Mu kwezi kwa Gicurasi ni bwo Leta yatangiye koroshya no kudohora ingamba zari zashyizweho zo kurwanya ikwirakwira ry’iki cyorezo, harimo na gahunda ya guma mu rugo no gufunga ibikorwa byose hagasigara ubucuruzi.

Kuva yakoroshya izo ngamba, imibare y’abandura ikomeje gutumbagira aho kuri ubu habarurwa abantu 2,200 banduye covid-19, mu gihe iki cyorezo kimaze kwica Abanyauganda 20.