inclusion criteria: * provision of signed and dated informed consent form * willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability over the study duration \*patients aged above 18years to 64 years * pcr positive for sars-cov-2 (covid-19) from any of the moh covid-19 accredited testing laboratories * moderately ill covid-19 patients score 3(hospitalized with no oxygen therapy) to 4 (hospitalized with oxygen by mask or nasal prongs) according to the who ordinal scale for clinical improvement which translates to moderate to severe covid-19 patients according to the ministry of health uganda covid-19 disease category.

inclusion criteria: * provision of signed and dated informed consent form * willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability over the study duration \*patients aged above 18years to 64 years * pcr positive for sars-cov-2 (covid-19) from any of the moh covid-19 accredited testing laboratories * moderately ill covid-19 patients score 3(hospitalized with no oxygen therapy) to 4 (hospitalized with oxygen by mask or nasal prongs) according to the who ordinal scale for clinical improvement which translates to moderate to severe covid-19 patients according to the ministry of health uganda covid-19 disease category.

inclusion criteria: - provision of signed and dated informed consent form - willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability over the study duration *patients aged above 18years to 64 years - pcr positive for sars-cov-2 (covid-19) from any of the moh covid-19 accredited testing laboratories - moderately ill covid-19 patients score 3(hospitalized with no oxygen therapy) to 4 (hospitalized with oxygen by mask or nasal prongs) according to the who ordinal scale for clinical improvement which translates to moderate to severe covid-19 patients according to the ministry of health uganda covid-19 disease category.

inclusion criteria: - provision of signed and dated informed consent form - willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability over the study duration *patients aged above 18years to 64 years - pcr positive for sars-cov-2 (covid-19) from any of the moh covid-19 accredited testing laboratories - moderately ill covid-19 patients score 3(hospitalized with no oxygen therapy) to 4 (hospitalized with oxygen by mask or nasal prongs) according to the who ordinal scale for clinical improvement which translates to moderate to severe covid-19 patients according to the ministry of health uganda covid-19 disease category.