Uganda, Sept. 16 -- Health authorities in Masaka District in central Uganda have listed 32 health workers and 20 other people who are said to have been in contact with a police officer who succumbed to COVID-19, for testing.
The other 20 people include friends, relatives, and attendants of a 56-year-old police officer who died of Covid-19 at Masaka regional referral hospital last week.
The Masaka regional Covid-19 treatment center in charge, Dr Mark Juko, said between Friday and Sunday when the police officer died, he had interacted with at least 32 health workers at the regional referral hospital who may be at risk of contracting the virus and spreading it to other people.
Dr Juko said in an interview that 32 health workers have been id...