Uganda has recorded its first coronavirus case from Chinese nationals at the Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital.
The video shows an unidentified woman who has covered her face stating that the novel coronavirus has been reported in the country, and that a member of staff at the hospital had told them to take protective measures against the virus after Chinese patients sought treatment at the facility., While four foreign nationals had been admitted to the Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital with flu-like symptoms, Uganda’s Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has stated that they all tested negative, and that Uganda is yet to record a COVID-19 case., On March 2, the Ministry of Health confirmed that four foreign nationals had been put in isolation at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital after displaying flu-like symptoms similar to those of COVID-19 upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport., The four suspected cases had their samples taken to the Uganda Virus Research Institute and tested negative for COVID-19., As of 2 March, Egypt, Algeria, Senegal and Nigeria are the only African countries that have reported cases of COVID-19., PesaCheck has looked into the claim that Uganda has recorded its first coronavirus case from Chinese nationals at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital and finds it to be FALSE., This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms., By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds., Have you spotted what you think is fake news or false information on Facebook? Here’s how you can report. And, here’s more information on PesaCheck’s methodology for fact-checking questionable content., This fact-check was written by PesaCheck Fact-Checker Pius Enywaru and edited by PesaCheck Deputy Editor Ann Ngengere with research input from Sylvia Makinia., The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck Managing Editor Eric Mugendi., PesaCheck is East Africa’s first public finance fact-checking initiative. It was co-founded by Catherine Gicheru and Justin Arenstein, and is being incubated by the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism accelerator: Code for Africa. It seeks to help the public separate fact from fiction in public pronouncements about the numbers that shape our world, with a special emphasis on pronouncements about public finances that shape government’s delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) public services, such as healthcare, rural development and access to water / sanitation. PesaCheck also tests the accuracy of media reportage. To find out more about the project, visit pesacheck.org., PesaCheck is a joint initiative of Code for Africa, through its innovateAFRICA fund, with additional funding support from the International Budget Partnership (Kenya) and Twaweza, in partnership with a coalition of local media organisations, and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)., Written by, Written by
FALSE: Uganda has not confirmed a case of novel coronavirus