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Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The new coronavirus may never go away and populations around the world will have to learn to live with it, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday. As some countries around the world begin gradually easing lockdown restrictions imposed in a bid to stop the novel coronavirus …

Washington, United States | AFP | US authorities warned healthcare and scientific researchers Wednesday that Chinese-backed hackers were attempting to steal research and intellectual property related to treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. Organizations researching the disease were warned of “likely targeting and network compromise by the People’s Republic of China,” a statement from the FBI …

Rome, Italy | AFP | Formula One team Ferrari announced Wednesday they have helped develop a new low-cost ventilator which can be used in the fight against coronavirus. The F15 project has been developed in five weeks by the Maranello team in conjunction with the Genoa-based Italian Institute of Technology. “We started working on March …

UPDATE UGANDA 🔸 13 new cases (truck drivers) ✳ 65,275 tested ✳ 139 Confirmed cases ✳ 55 Recoveries ✳ 0 deaths SOURCE MOH Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has just confirmed 13 new COVID-19 positive cases, the second time in a week that this high …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Pinning down the source of the coronavirus pandemic should help in working out how COVID-19 has “invaded the human species” so quickly, a senior WHO official told AFP. The outbreak has triggered a fierce diplomatic spat between China and the United States — with the World …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five Tanzanian truck drivers who tested positive for COVID-19 have been discharged from Arua Regional Referral Hospital. They include four drivers who were intercepted in Pakwach on April 24 and one who was intercepted at Vurra Customs on April 25. The official discharge was presided …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale Regional Referral Hospital has discharged a Kenyan truck driver who has fully recovered from the coronavirus disease-COVID-19. The truck driver was admitted in isolation at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital on April 24, 2020 after testing positive for COVID-19. He was on his way to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to raise globally, so does the number of health workers who have been exposed to the disease with some eventually succumbing to it. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), majority of the nurses have been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police Force has released 2.58 billion shillings for its personnel implementing the COVID-19 guidelines across the country. Although latest statistics put the force’s numbers at 41,760, the Chief of Joint Security – CJS, Major General Jack Bakasumba has released allowances for only 25,977 people. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the number of COVID-19 positive cases continues to rise in Uganda, government plans to roll out a mass surveillance exercise under which over 8 million people will be tested. According to Health Ministry officials, they are targeting to test 20 percent of the …