The Atlas Lions Finish Fourth Best

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In yesterday’s World Cup match between Morocco and Croatia, the latter bested the former 2-1. 

 

And so, the Atlas Lions emerged fourth best. 

 

Both teams have exceeded expectation and both can leave this tournament very proud of what they achieved. 

 

Uganda yesterday lifted a two-month lockdown on two districts at the epicentre of the country’s Ebola epidemic, amid cautious hope that the outbreak could end soon. 

 

Since authorities declared an Ebola outbreak on September 20, the East African nation has registered 142 confirmed cases and 56 deaths, with the disease spreading to the capital Kampala. The two central districts at the heart of the outbreak, Mubende and Kassanda, were placed under lockdown by President Yoweri Museveni on October 15. 

 

But yesterday, Vice President Jessica Alupo (right) announced that the government was “lifting all movement restrictions and curfew in Mubende and Kassanda districts with immediate effect”. The two hotspots were under a dusk-to-dawn curfew, with markets, bars and churches closed as well as personal travel banned. 

 

“The lifting of the restrictions is based on the fact that currently there is currently no transmission, no contact under follow-up, no patients in the isolation facilities, and we are progressing well”, Alupo said in a televised address delivered on behalf of Museveni. 

 

Ugandan authorities said last month that new cases were falling, and the last confirmed patient with the disease was discharged from hospital on November 30. 

 

Alupa warned however that the government remained on “high alert” for any resurgence in cases.