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This epidemiological bulletin serves to inform all stakeholders at district, national, and global levels on disease trends, public health surveillance and interventions undertaken in detecting, preventing and responding to public health events in the country on a weekly basis.In this issue, we bring you the following among others  National and district weekly surveillance reporting  Suspected epidemic prone diseases.  Uganda updates on COVID-19  Regional reporting rates  Public health events in border countries  On 21st March 2020, the Ministry of Health of Uganda confirmed the 1st outbreak of COVID19 in the country  The cumulative total of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country remains 55 as 0f 18th April 2020  A cumulative total of 20/55 (36%) confirmed cases have recovered and been discharged.  Eighty-nine percent (49/55) are imported cases, 9% (5/55) are local transmissions while 4% (2/55) have an unknown chain of transmission.  The COVID-19 surveillance strategy has been developed and disseminated (Annex ii)

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