Tag Archives: coronavirus

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | Seoul threatened to retaliate Friday over what it called Tokyo’s “irrational” plan to quarantine arrivals from South Korea over the coronavirus outbreak, turning the scientific issue into a diplomatic row. The two countries have close economic ties and are both major US allies, democracies and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A study carried out by Lancet shows that Uganda is one of many countries that face the lowest risk of being infected by the coronavirus. The study which was carried out by using data on the volume of air travel departing airports in the infected …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Next Einstein Forum that was set to happen in Nairobi, Kenya next week has been postponed. Kevin Eze, the Forum’s Manager for Public Engagement said in an email yesterday that the meeting of global leaders in science and innovation has been cancelled due to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first-ever Uganda-Europe business summit that will bring together over 700 business people and organizations from Europe and Uganda is being eclipsed by a threat of the spread of coronavirus that is devastating parts of Europe. Germany, Italy and France are some of the European …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  One of Britain’s biggest airlines, Flybe, collapsed Thursday with passengers left stranded as the coronavirus epidemic takes a heavy toll on air travel around the world. A statement on Flybe’s website said the no-frills airline, which employs 2,000 people, had entered administration and could not …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amidst global scare of coronavirus, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has directed all broadcasters to give daily updates and prevention messages about the disease. In a letter to broadcasters on Wednesday, the Commission’s Acting Executive Director Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo said that the announcements should be …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  California declared a state of emergency over the novel coronavirus Wednesday as a cruise ship was held off the coast over fears of a new outbreak. Separately, the federal government said it was going to buy 500 million respirators to stockpile for use by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is stopping foreign nationals from countries that have registered cases of coronavirus from travelling to Uganda. The decision came after the disease now known as COVID-19 has spread to over 76 countries outside China where the outbreak is believed to have …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda will be represented by its permanent Representative in United Nations at the Gender meeting in New York following the cancellation of the two-week long annual Commission on the Status of Women because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) scare. The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga communicated …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | The OPEC club of oil-producing countries meets Thursday in Vienna as they weigh how to react to a sharp drop in global oil demand due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. The extraordinary two-day meeting will see OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, and its …