Jeffrey Mugabi, a Ugandan living in China’s city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the deadly Coronavirus, has painted the grey picture of how living in the ghost city is like.
While Mugabi is free to even move to other buildings within the institute he is in, he has to wear a mask and carries a tincture of ethanol to disinfect surfaces.
His activities are however limited to the institute and he has to rely on information on social media to keep tabs with the outbreak and the latest developments.
Posting on his Twitter, Mugabi said Ugandans in other universities across the once vibrant city of Wuhan are not so lucky – and have been confined to their hostels for the last couple of weeks.
Meals are also very limited and a majority of people have to subsist on one meal a day. Sometimes, they divide the meal into two as they do not know when the supplies may run out.
“Meals are actually very limited so you find yourself having to survive on one meal a day,” He said.
Mugabi also blamed the Ugandan government for not reaching out to Ugandans living in Wuhan saying they only get their updates from social media.
“The government is not reaching out to us who are in Wuhan despite all the promises made. They are talking about us in the media, but they are not reaching out to us to tell us what is going on.” He added.
Ugandan students have been calling on the government for help for a long time, but the government has insisted that Ugandan students in Wuhan are better off in the Chinese city which is on a lockdown.
