Veteran president of Uganda Yoweri Museveni declared on Monday that he had recovered from the COVID-19 virus and was now doing his regular responsibilities.
“With a confirmed clean bill of health, I am now able to get back to physical meetings, starting with cabinet this afternoon,” the Uganda president said on Twitter.
On Sunday, he declared on Twitter that he had tested negative after an 11-day “battle”, saying: “On the war with corona (COVID-19), it is now confirmed that I am a veteran graduate of the war with that enemy.”
Video clips of Museveni welcoming workers at State House in Entebbe, where he presided over the cabinet meeting, were posted with the article on Monday.
Museveni, 78, declared on June 8 that he had tested positive for COVID-19, sparking questions about his health. Museveni has dominated the country of East Africa with an iron fist for decades.
Although he claimed to have “some mild flu-like symptoms,” he chose to stay home and hand over his responsibilities to Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja.
In an effort to mediate a resolution to the conflict, Museveni this week withdrew from an important trip by African delegates to Ukraine and Russia. Nevertheless, he spoke to Uganda’s parliament remotely while the country’s budget was being presented.
He was once praised as a reformer before seizing power in 1986 and aiding in the end of years of oppression under Idi Amin and Milton Obote.
However, the former rebel leader has since cracked down on dissent and amended the constitution to enable him to run for office repeatedly.
The World Health Organisation’s most recent statistics show that since the epidemic began, Uganda has reported 170,775 COVID-19 cases and 3,632 fatalities.