Epidemics Tracker

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  In my 31 years as a driver, I have never seen anything like this…” This was John Lubowa’s first remark as he sat down to narrate the truck drivers’ current ordeal as they transport goods across the East African region during the coronavirus crisis.   Lubowa …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country now stands at 317 after 36 new cases were recorded from tests conducted on Thursday. The new cases comprise 24 truck drivers who entered the country through the Elegu, Malaba and Lia points of entry. At …

🔺 May 28th – new COVID-19 cases 36 🔺 Total confirmed cases 317. 🔺 20 new cases are from South Sudan point of entry 🔺 12 new cases are contacts to previously confirmed truck drivers. 🔹26 positive foreign truck drivers were handed over to their country of origin 🔸Total Recoveries: …

Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump on Thursday marked the “sad milestone” of 100,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States, after his earlier silence prompted criticism that he was failing in his duty to console victims and their loved ones. “We have just reached a very sad milestone with the coronavirus pandemic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All city taxis will be assigned specific routes as they resume their operations on June 4, 2020, the Minister for Kampala Metropolitan Affairs Betty Amongi has said. She told journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Thursday that they have designed routes for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States Mission in Uganda has provided additional funding of USD 10 million (37.8 billion Shillings) towards the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chris Krafft, the Head of the U.S. Mission in Uganda said that the U.S Agency for International Development awarded the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local pharmaceutical Company Cipla Quality Chemicals Industries (CiplaQC) will this weekend produce its first quantities of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine which has also been used in the treatment of people with coronavirus. The company executive director Nevin J. Bradford told URN that they received raw …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Another 28 Ugandan nationals have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 282. The positive cases were from 2,004 samples that were tested at the Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI and the Central Public Health Laboratory- CPHL. Twenty-one of the confirmed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has observed a need to adjust the night time curfew time which currently starts at 7:00 pm to ensure that Ugandans are not caught on the wrong side of the law. The night time curfew has been running …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University lecturers have pointed out that there has not been enough engagement of communities in efforts to prevent coronavirus disease warning this might undo the milestones so far made in prevention. The lecturers were attending a virtual meeting on Wednesday to assess …