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Daily Monitor
Friday July 30 2021
Summary
Officials attribute the lower infections to lockdown, but other health experts say such gains are not sustainable unless the government ramps up immunisation.
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Covid hospitalisation numbers have dropped almost by half to 620, from the second pre-second lockdown pandemic rates that overwhelmed medical facilities and left patients choking on insufficient medical oxygen.
June 26 data shows a reduction in the numbers of Covid in-patients by 11, although it remains unclear those who recovered were discharged or lost the battle.
Health ministry officials have singled the remarkable lower infections, hospital admissions and deaths as lockdown-linked successes, while other health experts said such gains are not sustainable unless the government ramps up immunisation.
Daily Monitor
Friday May 07 2021
A health worker educates suspected Covid-19 patients about precautionary measures at the isolation facility of Lira School of Nursing and Midwifery in Lira Town on April 17, 2020. PHOTO/BILL OKETCH
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The district Covid-19 taskforce last week suggested that the district be put under lockdown to control the spread of the disease to other districts in Lango Sub-region.
The cases come at a time when many people in the area are no longer observing the standard operating procedures.
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Oyam District has recorded 202 cases of Covid-19 in a span of three weeks, with schools among those affected.