Uganda loosens anti-coronavirus restrictions as pandemic ebbs

23/9/2021 6:22

        Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday eased anti-coronavirus restrictions, including allowing resumption of education for universities and
        other post-secondary institutions, citing a decline in infections in the country.
        
        The east African country started experiencing a second wave of the pandemic around May, shortly after authorities announced detection of the highly transmissible Delta variant.
        
        In response Museveni put the country of 45 million under a sweeping lockdown that included shuttering of nearly all businesses, closure of schools and halting of traffic.
        
        Some of the restrictions were lifted at the end of July after cases started to drop.