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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The surveillance and case management personnel for the novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Gulu is stuck with over 30 patients in the community after the treatment centre ran out of space for new admissions. The government expanded the Tuberculosis ward at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital …
Read More »Masaka hospital announces first patient to succumb to COVID-19
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka regional referral hospital has announced their first patient to succumb to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The deceased is a 56-year-old male police officer attached to Lwengo police station. Masaka Regional Referral Hospital Director Dr. Nathan Onyachi announced the sad news on Monday. According to Dr. …
Read More »Immunization dropped 20%, antenatal services 16% during lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of children accessing immunization services reduced by 20 percent during the months the country was under lockdown. And in spite of the fact that thousands upon thousands of teenage girls started getting pregnant when their schools closed down, ante-natal visits fell by 16 …
Read More »COVID-19: Over 90 children have tested positive-MOH
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country, over 92 children have been infected with COVID-19 in Uganda according to the ministry of health. This is about 2 percent of the of cases in the country which are nearing 5,000. The …
Read More »Wakiso leaders decry Covid-19 infections at workplaces
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district authorities have singled out workplaces as the epicentre of Covid-19 transmission. The District Health Officer, Dr. Mathias Lugoloobi, says most of the Covid19 positive cases registered in the district are from police, prisons, banks, markets, shops and land-related offices. He attributes the low …
Read More »Ebola style burial bad for COVID-19 victims – Expert
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public health practitioner Prof. Freddie Sengooba has urged the Ministry of Health (MOH) to review and stop the protocol that they are currently using to bury people who succumb to COVID-19. He said they have borrowed the approach of Ebola hemorrhagic fever which presents differently …
Read More »Auxiliary isolation centre opens at Moroto prisons
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto Regional Referral Hospital and Uganda Prison Services authorities have opened an auxiliary treatment centre at Moroto prisons following an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the district. Dr. Ben Watmon, the Director Moroto Regional Referral Hospital, says the decision was reached …
Read More »COVID-19: Masaka city becomes new hotspot as Mutukula border cases decline
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka city has become the epicentre of Covid19 in greater Masaka region with at least 10 confirmed cases. Dr. Nathan Onyach, the Director Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, says five cases came from Masaka central market, four from Masaka District Local Government and one from the …
Read More »Uganda, TOTAL agree on pipeline project
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda government and the French oil giant Total E&P have reached a major milestone that paves the way for a Final Investment Decision on the production of Uganda’s oil. This came during a meeting between President Yoweri Museveni and Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO …
Read More »WHO warns against potential ebola spread in DR Congo and beyond
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ebola is spreading in a western province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising fears that the disease could reach neighbouring Republic of Congo and even the capital, Kinshasa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The outbreak in Equateur Province emerged …
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