Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The World Health Organization (WHO) lists flavours appealing to young people in smokeless tobacco, Shisha and e-cigrattes among the latest tobacco and related industry tactics to attract younger generations.  They also list advertising and product placement on movies and social media platforms with paid influencers …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Education and Sports has advised administrators of schools and other educational institutions not to rush to set guidelines and dates on when they expect to reopen their gates for finalists.      Recently, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who directed the closure of …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ministry of Health officials have advised the health team in Lira District to brace up to handle more positive Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients as the country continue to register more cases.  Although Lira is already overwhelmed with patients just like the other Referral hospitals in the …

United Nations, United States | AFP |  For nearly a decade, the UN Security Council has been frequently paralyzed by Russia’s obstinacy over the Syrian crisis. Today, however, it is the US-China rivalry that has infected a growing array of issues, according to officials and diplomats. As recently as 2017, an …

🔺 May 30th – new COVID-19 cases 84 🔺 Total confirmed cases 413. 🔺 50 new cases are from South Sudan point of entry 🔺 32 new cases are contacts to previously confirmed truck drivers. 🔹51 positive foreign truck drivers were handed over to their country of origin 🔸Total Recoveries: …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police is still holding 690 motorcycles impounded during the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. Although President pardoned riders whose motorcycles were impounded for defying his directives in the fight against COVID-19, Kampala metropolitan police says more than 690 motorcycles are still held and under investigation. …

Moroto, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The government will dispatch 225,476 face masks for distribution to the residents of Moroto district as part of a plan to provide all citizens with  masks.  The plan was revealed by Samson Olum, the Acting Commissioner in the Ministry of Health during a sensitization meeting …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of Parliament from Acholi want the Government to put Elegu Town Council in Amuru district under quarantine for 21 days.  According to the MPs following the emergence of several cases of truck drivers testing positive at the Elegu border post between Uganda and South Sudan, …

Cape Town, South Africa | AFP | A deadly virus was ravaging South Africa when Belgian doctor Eric Goemaere first set foot in Cape Town’s sprawling Khayelitsha township on a chilly southern hemisphere winter of 1999. By then HIV had infected more than 5.6 million South Africans, causing thousands of deaths …

Paris, France | AFP | Dozens of scientists have raised concerns over a large-scale study of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine published in the Lancet that led to the World Health Organization suspending clinical trials of the anti-viral drugs as a potential treatment for COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine, normally used to treat arthritis, has become …