Photos: Ugandan vendors sleep in markets to curb the spread of coronavirus

They were asked to sleep in markets by president Museveni to avoid contact with families

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A woman sleeps among items to be sold at Busega market in Kampala following a directive from president Yoweri Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for 14 days to avoid contact with their families to curb the COVID-pandemic.
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A trader sleeps at the Busega market in Kampala. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni had last week ordered for 14-day nationwide lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus which has so far infected 52 people in the country.
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A trader sleeps at the Busega market in Kampala following a directive from president Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for 14 days.
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Wrapped in a mosquito net to protect from malaria, a trader sleeps at the Busega market in Kampala.
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Charles Bugembe, the chairperson of Busega market, poses with his stick as he makes sure that a directive from president Museveni is respected at Busega market in Kampala.
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A trader sleeps next to items to be sold at the Busega market in Kampala.
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A trader sleeps at the Busega market in Kampala following a directive from president Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets.
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A trader sleeps next to items to be sold at the Busega market in Kampala.
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A mobile money trader sleeps on a bench following a directive from president Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for 14 days.
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A woman sleeps among items to be sold at the Busega market in Kampala.
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A trader sleeps next to items to be sold at the Busega market in Kampala following a directive from president Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for 14 days.
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A trader sleeps next to items to be sold at the Busega market in Kampala.
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A trader sleeps among items to be sold at the Busega market in Kampala following a directive from president Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for 14 days.
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