The government has ordered more than 120 travellers from China to be isolated for two weeks over coronavirus fears.
Over 100 were isolated last week on orders from Ministry of Health, bringing the total to 220.
Mr Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the spokesperson at Uganda’s Ministry of Health, said the travellers have not been quarantined but were asked to self-isolate for two weeks.
After the two weeks, they will be allowed to move freely if they do not exhibit symptoms similar to those of people infected by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
“We have what they call a thermal scanner and the moment one arrives into immigration [section] it scans your temperature and if it is raised, you are monitored accordingly and sometimes isolated within your place of residence,” he said.
Mr Ainebyoona added that a surveillance team is monitoring the isolated people.
Uganda has set up a checkpoint at the Entebbe International Airport to screen passengers for symptoms of the coronavirus.
The travellers consist of Chinese and Ugandans flying in from China.
This follows news of predictions by world health experts who predict that the virus is going to hit Africa by June.
