Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has today recorded it’s highest number of daily Coronavirus infections with 326 people testing positive from tests conducted on Friday. Results released today by the health ministry show that 326 new cases were confirmed bringing the total number of cases reported in the …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Greece’s European partners are already offering assistance to the country to cope with the crisis on Lesbos island after the destruction of the Moria refugee migrant camp by a fire this week. They are preparing to agree a coherent, single migration and asylum policy to …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Voters in the NRM primaries held today continued to defy the Standard Operating Procedures which were set by the Ministry of Health to Control the Spread of COVID-19.  The Standard Procedures include maintaining a social distance of at least two metres between persons, using hand …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Uganda Tourism Board has today (Sept.11) launched a domestic tourism campaign dubbed ‘Take on the Pearl’ as a mechanism to revamp sector growth that has been battered by COVID-19 lockdown. “The pandemic has created an opportunity for us to look inwards and therefore travel our …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto government prison has been closed to new inmates after 30 inmates tested positive to Covid-19 on Thursday. All 30 have been evacuated to Jinja isolation centre for treatment while over 200 other inmates have been placed under quarantine. The 30 left Moroto government …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to advance a slimmed-down Republican COVID-19 relief proposal, as lawmakers remain deadlocked over the scope and size of the much needed stimulus bill. All Democrats and one Republican, Senator Rand Paul, opposed the legislation in a procedural vote, making it …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge |  The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda is set to hold the 10th Financial Reporting (FiRe) Awards on Nov.04, 2020, officials said at a virtual press conference on Sept.10.  The  awards  were  introduced  in  2011  to  enhance  the  quality  of  financial  …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Christian University is to deliver examination papers to churches for students staying in hard to reach areas without internet access. Since the government declared the lockdown following the outbreak of Covid-19, this is the second time UCU is attempting to give out examinations to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is encouraging countries to adopt antigen testing for COVID-19, owing to the high prices for the widely used Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, the Deputy Director of the Africa CDC said that …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police has quarantined 40 suspects and closed Kawempe Police Station after a suspect tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango said the suspect who tested positive is a 15-year old juvenile who was arrested on allegation of defilement. …