Full list of all Kampala boda boda stages Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When Boda Bodas resume normal service tomorrow, they will return to a new regime in Kampala that will include Motorcycle Free Zones. Boda Bodas will no longer be allowed to access many areas in Lugogo, Kololo, …
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New Delhi, India | XINHUA | Human trials for developing an indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 are going on in full swing in India. Two companies — Bharat Biotech and Zydus Cadila — are currently carrying out human trials in six cities across the country. On Friday a 30-year-old man was administered …
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Namisindwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two female contacts of the first COVID-19 death who have been under quarantine in Namisindwa district have tested positive for the virus. The contacts include a Village Health team worker and a health worker attached to Buwasunguyi health center II in Namisindwa district. Edward …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY One COVID-19 DEATH: Traders, salons, boda boda now part of major experiment THE LAST WORD When enemies feed each other: Why Uganda’s pro-democracy activists get it wrong when they support radical extremist cults …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The long wait to return home ended last night for musician Edrisah Musuuza alias Eddy Kenzo who happily stepped back on Ugandan soil. Kenzo arrived at 3:30 a.m. aboard a special Uganda Airlines flight, with 64 others from Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire. He …
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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | China has largely controlled COVID-19, and the rest of the world can still learn from China’s successes in bringing its outbreak under control, according to the latest editorial by medical journal The Lancet. China’s response shows the importance of domestic research and public health capacity, …
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London, UK | XINHUA | China has largely controlled COVID-19, and the rest of the world can still learn from China’s successes in bringing its outbreak under control, according to the latest editorial by medical journal The Lancet. China’s response shows the importance of domestic research and public health capacity, said …
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Washington, US | XINHUA | A U.S. testing giant has said that it will not be possible to boost coronavirus testing capacity to meet the surging demand in the flu season in autumn, according to media reports. James Davis, executive vice president at U.S. clinical laboratory Quest Diagnostics, was quoted …
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Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. Senate Republicans and the Trump administration have reached an agreement in principle on the next COVID-19 relief package, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday. McConnell said Senate Republicans will release their proposal, which will focus on kids, jobs and healthcare, next week as …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Letshego Holdings Ltd, under its subsidiary Letshego Uganda has Friday (July 24) donated a consignment of goods worth Shs 4million to Kyotera town as added effort towards the district’s efforts in managing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Giles Aijukwe, the CEO for Letshego said …
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