Tag Archives: COVID-19

Crema, Italy | AFP |  Neither the northern Italian chill nor the unfamiliar language has deterred a young Cuban doctor who for the past two months has been helping in the fight against coronavirus in Europe, thousands of miles from home. Roberto Arias Hernandez, one of Cuba’s so-called “Army of White …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With Uganda’s COVID-19 statistics heading towards 300, President Yoweri Museveni is expected to reassure the nation on Monday on steps to control the pandemic, and ease the lockdown.  Lindah Nabusayi, Press Secretary to the President confirmed this Sunday. When President Museveni last addressed …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  More than LCI Chairpersons in Arua Municipality on Saturday stormed the offices of Arua RDC Nahori Oya demanding for Personal Protective Equipment.   The chairpersons argue that they need the PPEs since they are at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 without protective gears when moving …

UPDATE UGANDA 🔸 24 new cases (truck drivers) ✳ 69,729 UG Tests done ✳ 227 Confirmed cases ✳ 63 Recoveries ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Uganda’s COVID-19 cases rose to 227 Saturday, after the Ministry Of Health confirmed 24 new cases involving truck drivers. This …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will with immediate effect counsel and test all truck drivers employed in Uganda. No truck driver will also be allowed from entering the country from tonight unless they have negative COVID-19 results. All those tested, will then have to adopt …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic cut global trade values by 3% in the first quarter of this year. This is according to the latest UN Trade and Development Conference (UNCTAD) data published in a joint report by 36 international organizations. The report says the pandemic has led …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  People with disabilities-PWDs in Kitgum district have decried the government’s slow response to their plight during the COVID-19 lockdown. Thousands of disabled persons within the urban and rural centres in the district are struggling to cope up with the COVID-19 lockdown measures that the government …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Islamic University in Uganda-IUIU has indefinitely suspended the contracts of both teaching and non-teaching staff. The institution has also temporarily closed all its campuses after failing to pay staff salaries. The university which is based in Mbale District has two campuses in Kampala and …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Four family members of a truck driver who tested positive for COVID-19 have been quarantined in Luweero District. A Ugandan truck driver was intercepted in Gulu early this week heading back to South Sudan after testing positive for COVID- 19 at Elegu border post. It …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Why truck drivers spread COVID-19: What it means for taxis, bodaboda THE LAST WORD Museveni’s bad oil policy: The President has revealed three things about Uganda’s oil sector that are depressing and illuminating …