Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s health system is unable to treat all confirmed Covid-19 cases, epidemiologists have observed. Uganda’s position has been to admit Covid-19 patients in facilities spread across the country for treatment. The available 1,300 hospital beds are no longer sufficient to handle the rising COVID-19 …
Read More »Two thirds of world’s population join COVAX Facility for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines: WHO
Geneva, Switzerland | XINHUA | A total of 156 economies representing nearly two-thirds of the world’s population have joined the COVAX Facility, an international initiative co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners to ensure equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, the WHO said on Monday. This includes 64 higher-income …
Read More »Entebbe Airport returns to business Oct 1 after six month closure
Uganda airlines ready to resume regional flights Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine airlines are all set to resume business as soon as Uganda’s main airport at Entebbe resumes. These are Uganda Airlines, KLM, Turkish Airlines, Emirates, Brussels Airlines, Qatar Airways, Kenya Airways, Air Tanzania and Ethiopian Airlines. The Uganda …
Read More »Rich nations purchased more than half of COVID-19 vaccine candidates: Oxfam
Beijing, China | XINHUA | Wealthy countries, including the United States, Britain and Japan, have purchased more than half of the expected COVID-19 vaccine supply, global anti-poverty charitable organization Oxfam has said. Rich countries have bought up to 51 percent of the promised doses of leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates, while …
Read More »ICU experts want physiotherapists integrated in COVID-19 care
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts in Uganda have expressed concern that physiotherapists have been left out in the line of care for patients battling COVID-19. Dr Annet Grace Nakalyango, a physiotherapist based at Mulago National Referral Hospital says that because Uganda has been recording mainly mild cases of …
Read More »Three Masaka hospital staff test positive for Covid-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka regional referral hospital has admitted three health workers who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Dr. Nathan Onyach, the hospital director has confirmed their admission saying they were working at the ordinary outpatient department where they got infected. He noted that some health …
Read More »Laypeople bridge gap as COVID-19 takes toll on mental health
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At the time of our meeting, Linda Nsababera was on her way to meet a company director who had closed and asked her staff to work from home at the height of the lockdown instituted by the Ministry of Health to halt further spread …
Read More »Kampala tops in promoting coronavirus – Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said Kampala has over 30 percent of the total 6,287 confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that have been reported by the country. According to figures from the health ministry, Kampala followed by Amuru, Buikwe and Moroto account for …
Read More »Are we ready for more COVID dead?
INEVITABLE COVID DEATHS: Here’s why government thinks it is ready Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Case. Fatality. Rate. That is a measure of how many people die when struck by a disease. And it is one of the most important numbers the Ministry of Health is now looking at …
Read More »LIVE: Museveni address on COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has started his address on the country’s next actions to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. He is expected to outline Uganda’s plan to re-open the education sector, the airports and borders. He will also stress that Uganda’s focus will be on the individuals …
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