Tag Archives: COVID-19

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 residents of Ombokoro village, Adalafu parish in Ayivu West division in Arua city are outraged because of the closure of the only borehole after one woman in the area tested positive for Covid-19. Suspected members of the water user committee secretly closed …

  95% of Ugandans interviewed in January expected pandemic to get serious in June Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE |  As President Yoweri Museveni mulls over the idea of forcing Ugandans into another lockdown to contain a resurging and more virulent Coronavirus, which has infected over 5,000 people in days, …

 KEY MEASURES ANNOUNCED Schools, higher institutions of learning closed for 42 days All teachers must get vaccinated Religious gatherings suspended Conferences suspended Marriage ceremonies, burials, parties maximum 20 people Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has closed all schools for 42 days, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A staff member and student of Kyambogo University have succumbed to the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19). The University administration confirmed that Doreen Mirembe Juliet, a second year student of Bachelor of Teacher Education who has been in Intensive Care Unit-ICU at Victoria Hospital in Bukoto and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 34,139 Ugandans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 according to the Ministry of Health. All those who have received two doses of the vaccine were among the first people vaccinated in the country. According to records from the health ministry, these persons where vaccinated …

LIVE 8pm: Museveni to address nation on #COVID19 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni will at 8pm today outline Uganda government measures to contain a new wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths. He is expected to tighten on public transport, air travel and vaccinations, and confirm …

Speech delivered amid soaring COVID-19 cases and insecurity fears after Gen. Katumba shooting Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The preparation for the State of the Nation Address started off on a wrong note the previous day- mass vaccination against covid19 at Kololo Independence Grounds was halted to prepare for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have said they want President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to assure Ugandans on the security in the country following the attack on General Katumba Wamala. On Tuesday, suspected assailants attacked former Works Minister Gen. Katumba Wamala at Kisota road in Kisaasi, killing his …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto Regional Referral Hospital is facing a shortage of oxygen for critically ill Covid-19 patients. Moroto Regional Referral Hospital has an oxygen plant but its current production rate is much lower than its capacity of 15 cylinders per day. According to the hospital director, Dr …

Weakened by huge inequalities in vaccine access and major economic divergences the institutions that have underpinned international solidarity for decades are now reaching their limits COMMENT | EMMANUEL MACRON, PAUL KAGAME, CYRIL RAMAPHOSA AND MACKY SALL | The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that we can no longer treat seemingly …