President Museveni on Wednesday ordered for the reopening of places of worship but with strict adherence to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to avoid further spread of coronavirus.
President Museveni said the Places of worship can now open under strict guidelines like; limiting the number to 200 people and adhering to all other SOPs in place.
The president also allowed for the increase in the number of people attending weddings and other social events to 200, while casinos, gaming, betting shops, and gyms were allowed to operate during the day and close by 6pm.
He added that the Casinos, gaming, betting shops, and gyms can now operate during the day and close by 6pm asking RDCs to ensure that the guidelines are enforced.
He also allowed weekly and monthly markets to open with strict adherence to SOPs.
Mr Museveni, however, kept other sectors closed, reasoning that the number of people already vaccinated is still too low and therefore cannot risk reopening them.
Post-secondary institutions to open with effect from November 1, 2021, on the condition that all teachers and non-teaching staff are vaccinated.
Mr. Museveni said the rest of the learning institutions will open in January 2022.
To date, out of the targeted 550,000 teachers, 269,945 have already received the 1st dose of vaccination while 96,653 have received the second dose.