Paris, France | XINHUA | French President Emmanuel Macron is mulling more restrictions to contain the coronavirus epidemic as the country recorded nearly 19,000 new infections on Wednesday, an all-time high for new daily cases. “The epidemic continues to increase. The virus continues to circulate rapidly for several weeks,” Macron …
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Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight staff of Bugweri district local government have tested positive for Covid19 following the mandatory testing exercise conducted last week. The district decided to conduct the mandatory Covid19 testing after a staff attached to the office of the Chief Administrative Office-CAO positive. The eight …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu, Jinja and Kasese have been rated among the districts that were worst hit by food insecurity for months leading to August due to effects of the lockdown instituted to curb the further spread of COVID-19. According to a new report released by the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has failed to attain the access to clean water target in rural areas as planned in the Water and Environment development sector plan 2015/2016 to 2019/2020. Alfred Okot Okidi, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Water and Environment says the plan targeted 79% clean …
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United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on governments to invest more in universal health coverage. COVID-19 has shown that universal health coverage, strong public health systems and emergency preparedness are essential, he said in a video message for the launch of his policy brief …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons threatened with hearing loss can now be diagnosed earlier thanks to a smartphone based audiometry app named Wulira. The application which works just like the pure tone audiometer, the recommended equipment by the World Health Organisation requires the user to have a mobile …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Results from the samples of a man who died recently in Masindi district with Ebola-like symptoms have turned out negative. The 28-year-old man from Kitanyata 2 village in Kiruuli sub county was rushed to Masindi Hospital on Friday last week with severe fever, diarrhoea …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential flag bearer Rtd Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye has revealed that he is in self isolation. In a tweet, in which he bid farewell to Al Hajj Nasser Ssebagala who died last month, he apologized for not attending …
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WASHINGTON, USA | XINHUA | The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines available should go to workers on the frontlines, according to a report released Friday amid the ethical debate over who should get vaccinated first. The report, commissioned by the U.S. government and published by the non-profit National Academies of …
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Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business grounded to a halt at Bugweri district headquarters on Friday after one of the staff attached to the office of the Chief Administrative Officer-CAO tested positive for Covid19. The affected staff is the wife of a health worker in Iganga who tested positive …
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