Five Covid-19 patients have been discharged from Masaka and Arua regional referral hospitals after recovering from the virus.

At Masaka hospital, the recovered patient is a 46-year-old Burundian refugee who has been at the facility's isolation centre since April 21.

In Arua hospital, four truck drivers from Tanzania were discharged last Friday.

While discharging the Masaka patient last week, Dr Nathan Onyachi, the hospital director, hailed his medical team for working tirelessly to save the refugee's life.

Dr Mark Jjuuko, the officer-in-charge of the hospital's coronavirus isolation centre, lauded Ministry of Health and the facility's administration for supporting health workers in the fight against the pandemic.