Key Highlights of President Museveni’s Speech last evening as he decaled a lockdown for Mubende and Kasanda due to Ebola
1. Movement into and out is prohibited with immediate effect.
2. Movement between Kasanda and Mubende prohibited.
3. Curfew from 7pm till 6am in both districts residents urged to stay at home during curfew hours.
4. Movement of persons within their respective districts allowed during day.
5. Public and private transport not allowed to move within the district. It includes boda boda, taxis, buses- no movement because these are centers for easy spread of the virus .Automobiles should remain parked.
6. Cargo vehicles can move. Ministry and government vehicles (only those allowed) and security vehicles can move within and not between the two.
7. Transit vehicles from Fort Portal, Kagadi and Hoima can transit through these districts and no stopping or picking any passengers.
8. Cargo trucks can move goods but no passengers. One driver and one turn-boy.
9. Cargo to be delivered during the day. Operators not allowed to spend a night or else they are quarantined for 21 days.
10. Seasonal markets suspended.
11. Mines will remain open no inter- district movement.
12. Schools will remain open and learners have to put on uniform.
Monitor temperature.
13. Temperature should be taken and any child missing school should be reported.
14. Contact and Ebola symptoms stay home.
15. All places of worship are closed.
16. All bars, entertainment gyms and sauna in the districts banned.
17. Samples to be taken from all dead bodies before burial to test for Ebola by a health worker.
