Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Resident District Commissioner Mukono has been accused of authorizing NRM party aspirants to gather against those of the opposition. Several NRM party aspirants for different positions have held meetings without any interruption from security personnel. Some of the meetings flout the COVID-19 guidelines …
Read More »Rwandan airports reopen to travellers after over 4-month suspension
Kigali, Rwanda | XINHUA | Rwandan airports on Saturday reopened to international travellers, more than four months after the central African nation suspended commercial passenger flights to mitigate the COVID-19 outbreak. The suspension didn’t affect cargo and emergency flights. Tourists travelling by charter flights had been allowed to enter the …
Read More »EU funds for equipment to extract plasma from COVID-19 survivors
Brussels, Belgium | XINHUA | The European Union (EU) has made available up to 40 million euros (47.1 million U.S. dollars) to purchase specialized equipment to increase the collection of plasma from COVID-19 survivors for the treatment of people who contract the disease, the European Commission said Friday in a …
Read More »Incomplete shutdown among factors contributing to U.S. soaring COVID-19 cases: Fauci
Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday incomplete shutdown is among factors contributing to the surging COVID-19 cases in the country. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases made the remarks at a House subcommittee hearing when …
Read More »Uganda registers fourth COVID-19 death
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has registered another COVID-19 death bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to four. The deceased is a 61-year-old female, a resident of Kiyimbi in Nakulabye, Kampala who died on Friday. She was admitted at Mengo Hospital before referred to Mulago National Referral hospital …
Read More »Five hotels closed in Mbarara for accommodating Covid-19 cases
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara district Covid-19 taskforce has closed five hotels for accommodating two COVID-19 positive cases. The victims were tested at Bunagana and Mutukula border posts but traveled to Mbarara before knowing their results. The hotels include Rwampara Suites, Leisure Park International, African guest house, Golden Monkey …
Read More »Kitgum prison turned into Covid-19 quarantine center for inmates
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Services have started evacuating inmates from Kitgum Government prisons to turn the facility into a temporary quarantine centre. Prison authorities began moving close to 300 inmates to the neighbouring Orom prison in Orom Sub County, Kitgum District and Lututuru prison in Agoro …
Read More »Market vendors in Gulu, LOP defy Covid-19 guidelines
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of Olailong market vendors in Layibi-Bardege Division in Gulu City on Friday defied the Ministry of Health`s guidelines on Covid-19 following a visit by Betty Aol Ocan, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament. Aol who is also the Gulu district Woman Member of Parliament …
Read More »Kabale hospital suspends admission after patient tests positive for Covid-19
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale regional referral hospital has suspended the admission of patients after the facility registered a COVID-19 positive case. The 56-year-old Imam, a resident of Nyakijumba in the southern division, Kabale municipality was admitted at the hospital on Sunday. He had traveled by bus from Kampala …
Read More »Fauci “cautiously optimistic” about safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine in late fall, early winter
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Friday he is “cautiously optimistic” that the United States would have a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine this late fall or early winter. “We hope that by the time we get into late fall and early …
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