Uganda's COVID-19 cases rise to 83, as two cross-border truck drivers test positive

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KAMPALA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Two Kenyan cargo truck drivers tested positive for COVID-19 in Uganda on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 83.

Out of 2,071 samples run at Uganda Virus Research Institute, samples of a 55-year-old and 27-year-old male truck drivers tested positive for the novel coronavirus,the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

The Ugandan government last week announced it had agreed on measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Observers say cross-border cargo checkpoints have become Uganda's new battlefront in the fight against COVID-19, since the country closed all its borders to all traffic except cargo. Enditem

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