President Yoweri Museveni has lifted a ban on places of worship that has been in place since June this year.
While addressing the nation last evening, President Museveni opened churches and asked all the church leaders to ensure that they observe the SOPs that are put in place with a limited number of 200 worshippers.
In the same address, the president also directed that schools be reopened starting with post-secondary institutions on November 1 and other learning centres in January 2022.
He says that most students are day scholars and therefore they will infect their parents and grandparents.
He further increased the number of people attending functions like weddings and burials to 200 people.
However, he has maintained that bars remain closed because they are high-risk areas.
He said Bars are a high-risk area where individuals have no sobriety to observe the SOPs. They will be considered for re-opening when the 4.8 million priority population is vaccinated
He also added that cinemas and local cinemas should remain closed as the local cinema halls are areas of immense crowding and mostly have poor aeration and are designed to have artificial ventilation systems.
Curfew has also been maintained at 7:00 pm – 5:30 am with Boda bodas stopping movement at 6:00 pm.
He called upon local government officials district administrators to mobilize people to go and get vaccinated. He warned that any Resident District Commissioner, Chief Administrative Officer and District Health Officer will be sacked if any dozes of the Covid-19 vaccines are sent to his or her jurisdiction and they expire before they are used.
