{"id":4426,"date":"2021-10-29T07:47:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T07:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=4426"},"modified":"2021-10-29T07:47:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T07:47:40","slug":"ugandans-celebrate-as-president-museveni-assures-country-about-lifting-covid-19-lockdown-in-january-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ugandans-celebrate-as-president-museveni-assures-country-about-lifting-covid-19-lockdown-in-january-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"UGANDANS CELEBRATE AS PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ASSURES COUNTRY ABOUT LIFTING COVID -19 LOCKDOWN IN JANUARY 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Ugandans who have suffered economic meltdown due to a two year Covid -19 \u00a0lockdown celebrated last night when President Yoweri Museveni assured the country that whatever the circumstances-whether the citizenry have vaccinated or not \u2013he will reopen the economy by January 2022.<br><br>The Commander in Chief\u00a0 in his live broadcast to the nation last night categorically stated that after government availing\u00a0 well over 12 million covid -19 vaccines \u00a0by the end of December 2021 it will not be logical to continue have the country under a lockdown. <br><br>\u00a0 \u201c We have made available at least 12million COVID-19 vaccines, enough to vaccinate the most vulnerable categories including Frontline workers as well as those with comorbidities such as people with diabetes, pressure,\u201d President Museveni stated adding that ,the economy will fully reopen by January, regardless of whether some people absent themselves from the exercise. \u201cThe moral responsibility will remain with you,\u201d he stressed.<br><br>Museveni regretted to note \u00a0that the elderly have not turned up as expected to receive the COVID jab, yet they are some of the most vulnerable people. He called upon government workers such as the DISOs, Sub Country and Parish chiefs to mobilize the elderly to turn up for vaccination.<br><br><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ugandans who have suffered economic meltdown due to a two year Covid -19 \u00a0lockdown celebrated last night when President Yoweri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[90,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pp04pix-data.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1079,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-will-ease-covid-19-lockdown-from-may-6-2020-president-museveni\/","url_meta":{"origin":4426,"position":0},"title":"UGANDA WILL EASE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN FROM MAY 6 2020- PRESIDENT MUSEVENI","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"President Yoweri Museveni has assured the country that the tough health measures which were introduced by the government more than a month ago to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic will be eased systematically with effect from May 6, 2020. 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