Epidemics Tracker

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies are experiencing an increase in the number of their personnel infected with Covid-19. The personnel are either hospitalized or seeking treatment from their homes. Figures from sources including those already confirmed show security agencies among others, Uganda Prisons Service- UPS, Uganda People’s Defence …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking a declaration that the orders issued by President Yoweri Museveni imposing a lockdown violate fundamental human rights enshrined in the constitution. According to Mabirizi, several statements and speech orders by President Museveni communicated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday declared June 25 as a public holiday for COVID-19 national prayers as the second wave of the pandemic continues to affect the country. Museveni, in a State House statement, said Friday will be observed as a public holiday and the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Families of people who have died from the second wave of Covid-19 or are infected could suffer mental problems. Mental health experts warn that patients, family members and also health workers are likely to suffer from anxiety and even mild depression. Dr Hillary Irimaso, a …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 task forces in Budaka and Tororo have resolved to cancel and suspend leave requests, and recall all the health workers in the district over the increasing cases of COVID-19. According to the district officials, all health workers on leave are supposed to report …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government’s plan to distribute Covid-19 relief aid to Uganda has drawn criticism from different organizations. The government said it would use mobile money to get money to the vulnerable people who are affected by the lockdown to contain the second Covid-19 wave. Unlike last …

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | The Delta COVID-19 variant could cause nearly all new COVID-19 infections in Europe within weeks, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) cautioned on Wednesday. The Stockholm-based agency under the European Union (EU) also warned that the number of daily cases, as well as …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 32 Covid-19 patients have died in the Intensive Care Unit of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital over the last two months. The deaths occurred between April 13, 2021, and June 13th, 2021 during the second wave of COVID-19. The same unit handled 324 patients …

The Delta variant of coronavirus is a source of serious concern as lab tests have shown it is more contagious and resistant to vaccines compared with other forms of COVID-19 Paris, France | Xinhua | The Delta variant of the novel coronavirus “must be of concern to us,” French government spokesperson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Indians in Uganda under their umbrella Indian Association of Uganda (IAU), have booked off thirty rooms at Royal Fort Hotel in Bugolobi in which they are operating a COVID-19 treatment center, in a move they describe as a gesture of corporate social responsibility to Ugandans. …