Tag Archives: COVID-19

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to pull out of the WHO over “ideological bias,” as his counterpart Donald Trump said the US economy was recovering from the coronavirus pandemic while Europe slowly reopens its borders. From Africa to Europe to Asia, governments are …

Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mpigi district COVID-19 task force has restricted access to Buyiga island in Kammengo sub county where a community COVID-19 case was confirmed two days ago. The case was confirmed in the community on Wednesday and was instructed to isolate from his family and …

🔺9 frontline health workers from Kampala 🔺1 contact from Buvuma 🔺15 contacts from Kyotera 🔺2 contacts from Mayuge 🔺1 contact from Pader 🔺8 contacts from Yumbe 🔺11 foreigners from earlier collected samples tested positive for COVID-19 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Ministry of Health has today …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua Regional Referral Hospital has discharged three people after successfully recovering from COVID-19, bringing the number of all those discharged to eight. The three, all adult male truck drivers; two from Oli division and one from Dadamu sub county in Arua district are part …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has admitted five new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and discharged five others who recovered from the contagion. Among the discharged are three Ugandans and two Kenyan truck drivers. The number of those discharged brings to nine, the cumulative tally …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several church leaders want government to open places of worship saying they are essential to the well-being of Ugandans. The church leaders made the appeal at a press briefing organised by the Information and Communication Technology-ICT Ministry at Uganda Media Center on the role …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Commission is dissatisfied with the pace of the construction works of the new chamber which was expected to be completed in July 2020. The Shillings 206 billion project started in August 2017 and is being undertaken by Roko Construction Limited. The building …

Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 500 vendors from Najjembe market in Buikwe district are worried about losing their produce after being forced into the mandatory 14 day’s self isolation in their homes. The market was closed for disinfection on Thursday this week and all vendors ordered to self-isolate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several members of staff in the Office of the Prime Minister-OPM are being screened for COVID-19. Julius Mucunguzi, the OPM spokesperson has confirmed the ongoing testing of their staff. The decision to test the staff members was reached after two drivers in the OPM …

  Kampala, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  All ministers especially those who attend cabinet meetings will undergo COVID-19 testing before they can attend the weekly sessions. According to the health ministry, testing of the ministers begun yesterday and continued today at the office of the Prime Minister. On the first day …