12 people who were quarantined in Lira District have been discharged.
They were being quarantined at Lira School of Comprehensive Nursing. They
include five people from Apac, three from Kole and four from Lira.
Those from Apac include a woman who travelled from Lira to Loro Town Council
together with the first Kenyan truck driver who tested positive for COVID- 19
earlier last month.She was quarantined together with her husband.
Dr Edmond Acheka, the Assistant DHO who is currently supervising
the quarantine facility explained that four out of seven people remaining at
the quarantine centre will have to be re-tested again before being discharged.
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He says the community around places where the discharged people live will be sensitized against stigmatizing the suspected cases.
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James Ocen, the Kole District Surveillance focal person explained
that the suspected case had to be quarantined in Lira because the district had
no gazetted their isolation centre at the time.
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Fatuma, a 53-year-old mother of nine is happy that she is going
back home after 16 days of staying away from her children.
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The seven remaining in isolation include two girls who travelled
to Lira in a Kenyan truck.
