EA on alert as Uganda reports first Omicron cases at Entebbe airport
A prison officer is vaccinated in Kampala. Ugandan health officials say seven people who arrived in the country tested positive for the new coronavirus variant. PHOTO | FILE
The region is on alert after Uganda confirmed the first cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. This comes even as the US placed Tanzania, alongside five other countries, on its red list, warning its citizens against travel over Covid-19 infection fears.
Uganda now joins 10 other countries in Africa where the Omicron variant has been detected. They include South Africa, Botswana, Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Senegal, Tunisia, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
