Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump, who’s staying at a military hospital for COVID-19 treatment, said Saturday he is feeling “much better” while calling the comings days “real test” for his condition. “I came here, wasn’t feeling so well. I feel much better now, we’re working hard to …
Read More »Bugweri district headquarters temporarily closed after registering Covid-19 case
Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business grounded to a halt at Bugweri district headquarters on Friday after one of the staff attached to the office of the Chief Administrative Officer-CAO tested positive for Covid19. The affected staff is the wife of a health worker in Iganga who tested positive …
Read More »Health ministry releases COVID-19 home care guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said COVID-19 patients considering home care must have separate rooms, where they can be isolated from other members of the house hold. The guidelines issued by the health ministry will apply to asymptomatic patients or cases that have mild …
Read More »No pay for Kapchorwa COVID-19 frontline workers
Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Workers designated to Manage COVID-19 cases at Kapchorwa General Hospital have worked for five months without pay. The health workers who include the nurses, doctors, cleaners and the burial teams last received their allowances in April and since then, the authorities have promised …
Read More »Lack of PPE cripples COVID-19 sample collection in Kitgum
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum District health department has run out of personal protective equipment- PPE to aid health workers in the collection of samples from suspected COVID-19 patients. Simon Knox Okongo, the District Surveillance Focal Point Person revealed during a task force meeting on Friday that lack …
Read More »Trump transferred to top US military health facility
Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | President Donald Trump who tested positive for COVID-19 and has some symptoms according to his medical team, is right now being taken to Walter Reed Military Medical Center as a ‘precautionary measure’. Trump is reportedly fatigued, and is being flown out from the White House. …
Read More »Liverpool’s Sadio Mane tests positive
Liverpool, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently self-isolating according to the necessary guidelines. Tweets by SMane_Officiel Share on:
Read More »Health worker COVID-19 infections traced to communities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preliminary results of an investigation launched by the health ministry show that majority of health workers that have been infected with COVID were exposed to the disease from within communities. Up to 530 health workers have been infected with COVID-19, six of them succumbing …
Read More »MOH omits requirement for negative COVID-19 test before discharge
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has revised its protocols for people recovering from COVID-19 and need discharge from the different treatment facilities. While people who were previously isolated for treatment would remain in hospital, some for longer than three weeks awaiting a negative test, Health Minister …
Read More »Trump tests positive for COVID-19, under quarantine
Washington, USA | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump, who rarely wears a mask, said early Friday morning that he and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for COVID-19, after a close aide had contracted the virus. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately,” he tweeted. “We will get …
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