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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 …

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. …

Nic Cheeseman, a professor of Democracy at the University of Birmingham, explains how to hold elections safely and uphold democracy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cheeseman was formerly the Director of the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. In addition to a number of book chapters and articles, he …

Los Angeles, US | XINHUA | A new study by American researchers, released on Thursday, suggests the deadly coronavirus may have already reached Los Angeles by late December, actively circulating in the area months before the first definitive cases in the United States were identified. Researchers at the University of California, …

Kalangala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kalangala district Covid-19 task force has quarantined at least 1000 residents at Nkose Island as the district records it’s second positive case for Coronavirus. The case is of an adult female whose samples were collected in Buvuma Health Center IV on 28th of August but …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There is panic at Masaka district headquarters after five staff tested positive for Coronavirus-COVID-19.  The five staff members are currently undergoing treatment at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital. The five cases are part of 75 staff of Masaka District Local Government who were tested for COVID-19 …

Government urged to offer rebates on taxation, wages, savings, and electricity Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Manufacturers under their umbrella body, Uganda Manufacturers Association are in the early stages of engaging the government on a possible extension of the COVID-19 support that they were given for six months starting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of coronavirus recovered patients discharged from hospitals are not being followed up by the Ministry of Health , eliciting fears that many could be silently battling COVID-19 health after-effects. According to several health officials, there is no mechanism to follow up. This leaves …

Washington, US | XINHUA | The credibility of two leading U.S. health agencies has been questioned after they made controversial coronavirus-related decisions under possible political pressure, according to a report by the Associated Press (AP). Stephen Hahn, head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), overstated the therapeutic effect of …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Security Taskforce on Covid-19 has today named 25 shopping complexes in Kampala that are not following the directives issued by the government to limit the spread of coronavirus.   Police Spokesman Fred Enanga named the culprits that now face sanctioning as Nansamba Arcade, …