No-Christmas in the villages/upcountry-Dr. Diana Atwine

By Angela Nyakuni

The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwiine has said there no Christmas in the villages/upcountry.  Those planning to travel to their ancestral homes to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, are advised to halt the plans because they do not know their health status as regards to Covid-19.

“As we work to stem the spread of COVID-19, you are encouraged not to travel for Xmas holidays because you don’t know your status .Protect your loved parents by staying around this festive season,” Atwiine tweeted.

According to Dr. Atwiine the urban migrants are infested and will likely carry the virus to villages.  What that means is that government should ban Christmas travels or put road blocks to test travelers’ temperatures.

Choose to keep chairs empty at the holidays this year or risk having them empty for years to come.  That’s the message being delivered in various forms by Public health experts and politicians as COVID-19 continues to spread at a devastating pace.

The promise of an effective vaccine becoming widely available in 2021 means holiday gatherings are expected to be less risky next year and beyond, a hopeful future that could provide a pandemic-weary nation the resolve to scale down their celebrations this year.

Therefore, Ugandans should know that their actions today are going to protect Christmas next year. That is, if you don’t want to have empty seats where grandma (and other relatives) used to be. then adhere to Dr. Atwiine’s advice.

But even with the nation’s hospitals filling up, many Ugandans are primed to make risky decisions this December they will regret for years to come, if they ignore simple pieces of advice by experts.

Ugandans love to show off what they have achieved in a year, but let them halt it until next year.  The virus is real and it kills painfully!