ISTANBUL, Turkey | XINHUA | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday pledged to enhance cooperation in a wide range of areas amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Ukraine and Turkey are ready to develop their strategic partnership in every field in which they have mutual …
Read More »EU’s von der Leyen undergoes 2nd self-isolation in two weeks
Brussels, Belgium | XINHUA | European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen started to self-isolate on Thursday after a workmate tested positive for COVID-19, she said on twitter. “I have just been informed that a member of my front office has tested positive to COVID-19 this morning,” she tweeted on …
Read More »COVID-19 risks the nutritional outcomes for Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic may pose great risks to the nutritional status and survival of young children in Uganda. As Uganda joins the rest of the World to Mark World Food Day, surveys conducted during the COVID-19 lockdown and after suggest that children in some families …
Read More »Remdesvir, interferon have no effect on COVID-19 treatment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Findings from the World Health Organization solidarity study on COVID-19 therapeutics show that Remdesvir and Interferon have no effect on COVID-19 treatment. The report released by the UN health agency gives results of four drugs that were being used as part of the Solidarity COVID-19 …
Read More »EA Business Council seeks end to COVID-19 testing for truck drivers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Business Council (EABC) has called for an end to mandatory testing of truck drivers for COVID-19 at border points, saying the resulting congestion is stifling trade among the partner states. The EABC also wants all control systems at the various crossing points …
Read More »3 billion people globally lack handwashing facilities at home – UNICEF
United Nations | Xinhua | Although handwashing with soap is vital in the fight against infectious diseases, including COVID-19, billions of people around the world do not have ready access to a place to do it, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday. According to new UNICEF estimates, 40 percent …
Read More »13 Kikuube teachers test positive for COVID-19 ahead of reopening of schools
Kikube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirteen teachers from attached to various schools within Kyangwali Refugee settlement in Kikuube district have tested positive for COVID-19. Richard Tabaro, the Kikuube Resident District Commissioner-RDC, says the 13 cases are part of 20 teachers whose samples were collected on Friday last week ahead …
Read More »Trump’s youngest son Barron had COVID-19, now tests negative
WASHINGTON, USA | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron Trump had COVID-19 with no symptoms and now tests negative, first lady Melania Trump posted a family health update on Wednesday. “It was two weeks ago when I received the diagnosis that so many Americans across our country …
Read More »Amuru district COVID-19 task force closes quarantine center
Amuru , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Amuru District COVID-19 task force has resolved to close its quarantine center at Pabo Secondary School. This follows a resolution made by the district task force during a meeting held at the district headquarters. The center which was established in March this …
Read More »Polish PM in self-quarantine after coronavirus contact
Warsaw, Poland | XINHUA | Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki went into self-quarantine on Tuesday after contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. “Due to having contact with a person infected with COVID-19, I will go into quarantine according to all standard …
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