Epidemics Tracker

Windhoek, Namibia | XINHUA |   Namibia’s hospitals are full to capacity, the health ministry said on Saturday as the southern African nation battles a surge in COVID-19 cases. “The numbers of new cases are progressively increasing on a daily basis especially in Windhoek residential areas,” a statement from the ministry …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Ugandans who do not have ‘urgent issues’ that require them to travel to Kampala, to stay away from the country’s capital and the neighbouring Wakiso district for a while. He made the appeal in his televised national address …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Busia district Covid-19 task force wants the national task force to close Busia border following Kenya’s declaration of Kisumu city as a hotspot for the “Indian variant.” According to the Busia district Covid-19 task force, Kisumu, which is 110 kilometers away is a big threat …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is expected to outline new measures to contain what is said to be a second COVID-19 wave that has hit the country. His address come days after the Ministry of Health sent out an alert warning of increasing admissions, deaths and …

CORONAVIRUS 2ND WAVE: How will Uganda cope without vaccines? THE INDEPENDENT | RONALD MUSOKE | The let-up in COVID-19 infections at the beginning of this year could have made many Ugandans think that they had finally won the battle against the disease. This was mainly because of the low number …

  Kinyara health center III operations have been temporarily suspended Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kinyara health center III in Kabango town council, Masindi district has been closed after eight health workers tested positive for COVID-19. The facility is located within Kinyara Sugar Works Company Limited premises and it serves the company …

The studies may soothe fears that immunity to the virus is transient, as is the case with coronaviruses that cause common colds. Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Immunity to the coronavirus lasts at least a year, possibly a lifetime, improving over time especially after vaccination — the findings may “help put …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Director of Operations Edward Osiru Ochom has ordered the arrest of all commanders not enforcing the Covid-19 guidelines. Ochom said he has instructed the commander Alert Squad Unit to make impromptu visits to areas under the command of particular officers and apprehend whoever will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with school closures and inadequate government assistance, is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today in advance of the World Day against Child Labor on June 12, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has suspended the vaccination exercise for people who want to take the first and second dose for the COVID-19 vaccine after it run out of doses three days ago. The hospital gets the doses from Wakiso district headquarters. Muhammad Mubiru, the Principal …