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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers are calling for the revision of the screening protocol for COVID-19. They want the health ministry to remove screening for temperature. According to the medics, high temperature should not be the most relied upon symptom of COVID-19 because the majority of COIVD-19 positive …

    We need an organized Uganda and it starts with me and you COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  Uganda as a country is naturally beautiful. The climate, vegetation, the hills, valleys, plains, wildlife, fresh waters are all available and plenty. It’s known as a country of hospitable people. Our …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Senior officials of the World Health Organisation have warned that  there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.  In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials and leaders in Kasese District are worried as cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the district continues to increase. Kasese district has over 826 accumulative cases and 26 deaths. They attribute the surge in COVID-19 cases to laxity in compliance to standard operating …

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Adjumani, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Refugee children in Adjumani District have been left out of the home-based learning, according to the Refugee Welfare Council. Rebecca Arual, the Women Affairs Officer in the Refugee Welfare Council in Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement told URN in an interview that none of the refugee children …

Napak, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | As the country fights the escalation of HIV infections, a big number of people in Napak district in Karamoja region don’t know much about the deadly disease. The Napak District Health Director, Dr. James Lemukol revealed this in an exclusive with URN at his office …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM is opposed to Uganda Joint Christian Council’s recent proposal of postponing the upcoming January polls. Justine Kasule Lumumba, Secretary General of the ruling National Resistance Movement -NRM party, says whereas the NRM is aware of the effects of covid19 to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Government masks are yet to arrive in Mbale, despite the district being one of the Covid-19 hotspots in the country because of its proximity to neighboring Kenya. Residents in this district have faulted government for neglecting them given the fact that the region delivered the …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Lira Regional Referral Hospital has got a blood bank.  The facility was set up by the Health Ministry in partnership with Star Pharmaceutical company. The blood bank comprises an Architect i2000 Elalyasar machine that will be used for screening, testing and analyzing blood.  The blood …