More Tanzanians tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday after the ministry of health of Uganda confirmed 4 more positive cases of coronavirus. The ministry said they had tested 1578 samples of which all were of truck drivers entering Uganda.

The 4 cases were Tanzanian truck drivers who had arrived in Uganda from Tanzania via Mutukula entry border point. When you add to the previously 4 confirmed cases this brings the total number of Tanzanians truck drivers who have tested positive for coronavirus to 8.

On its twitter account the ministry said it will give more information later on Monday morning 27th of April. Also in its prior communication the ministry of health had announced that the previous truck drivers who tested positive earlier on had already been repatriated to Tanzania.

The issue of Truck drivers testing positive for coronavirus has become a big challenge though the president of Uganda announced last week that truck drivers from Tanzania and Kenya will have to be tested at the entry border points and will have to wait for their results before being allowed to enter the country.

While Uganda and Rwanda are under lockdown as a measure to stop the spread of coronavirus, in Tanzania business is still going on as normal posing a huge risk of more tanzanians especially truck drivers on transit to the neighbouring countries contracting coronavirus.