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The impact of Covid-19
I ensconced myself on top of an overgrown plush hill near my home in Mpigi District. As I read a story of child soldiers in Sierra Leone on my piano-black kindle, I gazed down the hill. I glimpsed my tiny red-roofed house in the eucalyptus valley, standing like a lone sentry. My face lit up, seeing the tiny figures playing among the raised gardens. A charcoal grey puppy chased after them. I couldn't hear the giggles, but I sensed their joy. These were my worldly beauties!
The sun had sunk on the horizon, leaving dark silvery clouds floating in the sky. It was a chilly evening, and the darkness had descended now. The scorched grass was dumped with evening dew. But I was in no hurry to descend from my favourite granite hilltop.
A lanky, dark herdsman passed below me, holding a shepherd staff behind his shoulders. He whistled at the stray herd of underfed cows and goats descending the hill. The animals appeared hungrier than ever. A small green-yellowish frog jumped across the worn-out path and startled a black kid. It galloped back to its all-knowing mother for protection. My mind flashed back to the beginning of 2020 when the first wave of the covid-19 pandemic began.
The news of another viral disease from China reached our ears. Its victims suffer from breathlessness and coughing, and kills within days. Years earlier, the outbreak of swine flu had sizzled to our shores again from Asia.
The new virus strain called covid-19 hopped on crowded air, road, and train terminals. In a matter of days, it spread to the far-outposts of the world. International governments halted all air transport to circumvent its rapid spread. Global trade ground to a standstill. Everyone held their breath!
Most people in Uganda ignored this outbreak. They thought it would pass. Most slugged it off and moved on with their business. Others shrieked with joy as they anticipated lots of business. Most people didn't care. How wrong they were!
The first cases of covid-19 had at last reached Kampala, the capital city. Patients died after days in hospitals. Covid-19 infections multiplied, and the cases reached staggering figures. These numbers shocked the country, as many bedridden patients died of covid-19. Hospitals were now the dying zones, even of patients admitted with other ailments. Fear escalated like a wildfire on the dry savanna grasslands. The pandemic had reached the...
The impact of Covid-19
I ensconced myself on top of an overgrown plush hill near my home in Mpigi District. As I read a story of child soldiers in Sierra Leone on my piano-black kindle, I gazed down the hill. I glimpsed my tiny red-roofed house in the eucalyptus valley, standing like a lone sentry. My face lit up, seeing the tiny figures playing among the raised gardens. A charcoal grey puppy chased after them. I couldn't hear the giggles, but I sensed their joy. These were my worldly beauties!
The sun had sunk on the horizon, leaving dark silvery clouds floating in the sky. It was a chilly evening, and the darkness had descended now. The scorched grass was dumped with evening dew. But I was in no hurry to descend from my favourite granite hilltop.
A lanky, dark herdsman passed below me, holding a shepherd staff behind his shoulders. He whistled at the stray herd of underfed cows and goats descending the hill. The animals appeared hungrier than ever. A small green-yellowish frog jumped across the worn-out path and startled a black kid. It galloped back to its all-knowing mother for protection. My mind flashed back to the beginning of 2020 when the first wave of the covid-19 pandemic began.
The news of another viral disease from China reached our ears. Its victims suffer from breathlessness and coughing, and kills within days. Years earlier, the outbreak of swine flu had sizzled to our shores again from Asia.
The new virus strain called covid-19 hopped on crowded air, road, and train terminals. In a matter of days, it spread to the far-outposts of the world. International governments halted all air transport to circumvent its rapid spread. Global trade ground to a standstill. Everyone held their breath!
Most people in Uganda ignored this outbreak. They thought it would pass. Most slugged it off and moved on with their business. Others shrieked with joy as they anticipated lots of business. Most people didn't care. How wrong they were!
The first cases of covid-19 had at last reached Kampala, the capital city. Patients died after days in hospitals. Covid-19 infections multiplied, and the cases reached staggering figures. These numbers shocked the country, as many bedridden patients died of covid-19. Hospitals were now the dying zones, even of patients admitted with other ailments. Fear escalated like a wildfire on the dry savanna grasslands. The pandemic had reached the...
