Preparing communities to receive persons recently suspected or diagnosed with COVID-19

Ever since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Uganda, there are increasing number of reports of acts of discrimination and public stigmatization against rest travelers, people from areas affected by the epidemic, and those in quarantine. Unfortunately, this means that such people are being labelled, stereotyped, discriminated [1] and in worse situations mob justice has prevailed. It is so rejuvenating that some of our people that were recently diagnosed with COVID-19 are healing and are being discharged back home. This is a great milestone and spikes a ray of hope in our joint efforts to fight the pandemic in our country. However, there is a concern on how welcome these are into the communities. How prepared the families and communities are to receive such persons amidst the prevailing stigmatization of the disease in the public remains a very big question.
For full article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875737/ 

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