Despite repeated appeals by the Regional Health Emergency Committee (RHEC) in Region Seven, residents continue to ignore COVID-19 precautionary measures and guidelines that have been instituted for their protection, resulting in the total number of cases reaching 182, according to Regional Health Officer Dr Edward Sagala.
“Despite repeated advisories by the RHEC regarding the seriousness of COVID-19 in Bartica, and by extension, Region # 7, residents have continued to ignore and remain totally unbothered at this deadly disease. Our health workers, who continue to work beyond the call of duty, are overworked and over stretched, and no doubt, the situation is taking a toll on all of us,” Sagala said in a statement yesterday.
