President Museveni will order the reopening of schools on January 10 in his national address this Friday night.
This was revealed by Information Minister Chris Baryomunsi in Kanungu District.
“I don’t want to preempt the president’s speech but what I can say is that we will open schools on January 10,” said Baryomunsi.
“Parents should look for school fees to enable kids to return to school,” he added.
The remarks come against the backdrop of fears that President Museveni could maintain a partial lockdown in the wake of the spread of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron.
The Ministry of Health on Thursday revealed that results of COVID-19 tests done on 28 December 2021 confirmed 1,809 new cases.
At least four people succumbed to COVID-19 on Wednesday in Uganda as the Omicron variant sweeps through the country like a wildfire.
This is in addition to two COVID-19 patients who passed away on December 27.
The total covid-19 death toll since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, stands at 3,291.
The active cases admitted in hospitals across Uganda are 69.
Baryomunsi also revealed that the government will as well open bars, which have been under key and lock since March 2020.
“The bars will be opened about two weeks after the reopening of schools,” said Baryomunsi.
On November 22, President Museveni reaffirmed that all schools and the whole economy would fully reopen in January 2022 whether people are vaccinated against COVID-19 or not.
“The vaccines are now here, please, go and be vaccinated. If you don’t go, we shall open the economy, and if you get into problems, don’t say the Government did not tell me,” he said.
Experts have since advised Museveni to fully reopen the economy to allow kids return to school and struggling enterprises such as bars to resume business.
