President Museveni has said he will not take Dr Kizza Besigye’s advice on re-opening schools in the middle of a pandemic because it would lead to more infections.
Speaking during celebrations to mark the International Youth Day yesterday, Museveni said schools would be re- opened in a situation where all students are in the boarding section.
Recently, opposition behemoth Besigye asked the government to “immediately” reopen schools, arguing that students marooned at home are young and have higher immunity to withstand Covid-19.
According to Besigye, children who constitute Uganda’s future are missing out on education and wasting away, yet many teachers by his estimate are under 40 years and less vulnerable to the virus.
In his response to Besigye, Museveni said the main thing is to survive at the moment because most of the learning institutions are day schools, which is very risky.
Museveni explained that Besigye’s suggestions would work very well if all schools were boarding but in this case children will get infected and transmit the virus to their patients questioning whether that is what Besigye wants.
Museveni said that on the issues regarding Covid-19, the main point here should be to ensure that Ugandans are protected against the deadly virus adding that as a country, losses will be incurred but when deaths are minimized.
