Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Majority of the people that have tested positive for COVID-19 in Uganda did not present any of the common symptoms associated with COVID-19. The symptoms associated with COVID-19 include fever, flu, cough, general body weakness and difficulty in breathing. Last month, the US Centers …
Read More »COVID-19 positive truck driver intercepted with female company in Luweero
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luweero has intercepted a coronavirus (COVID-19) positive truck driver and a female friend. The driver was on his way to Elegu border in Amuru district. The 28-year-old Ugandan truck driver was intercepted at a road block mounted by police at Don Petrol …
Read More »PWDs accuse Luweero district task force of flouting COVID-19 guidelines
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons with Disabilities have accused the Luweero District COVID-19 Task Force of flouting guidelines and exposing them to the risk of contracting coronavirus disease. The outcry came up when People with Disabilities and Muslim clerics were invited for relief food to enable them sustain …
Read More »Covid-19: One person discharged from Masaka hospital
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka Regional Referral Hospital on Thursday discharged one person, who has recovered from COVID-19. The recovered person, was the first to be admitted at the treatment centre. He is a Burundian refugee living in Uganda at Nakivale settlement camp in Isingiro district. He tested positive …
Read More »New York, New York? Prolonged shutdown raises doubts about future
New York, United States | AFP | New York City shows no sign of easing a two-month lockdown, even as a statewide stay-at-home order ends Friday, leaving America’s cultural and commercial capital wondering what its future holds. While many European cities begin the process of reviving their economies, the Big Apple …
Read More »Benin set for controversial local poll despite virus
Cotonou, Benin | AFP | Benin gears up to hold local elections without key opposition parties Sunday as the authorities push ahead with the vote despite the coronavirus threat and calls for a delay. The West African nation of 11 million on Monday rolled back a raft of restrictions aimed at …
Read More »Seven more laboratories accredited for COVID-19 testing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven laboratories have been added onto the testing network for COVID-19 in the country. Until yesterday, the country was only using the Entebbe based Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI to conduct COVID-19 tests. The new centres include Makerere University’s department of microbiology and immunology, National Health …
Read More »Gulu Hospital can only handle 10 COVID-19 patients
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has set a limit on the number of COVID-19 patients that the facility can handle. This is in response to the surging number of COVID-19 patients being sent to the facility for management and treatment. The hospital is treating five …
Read More »COVID-19: Survey finds no evidence of community transmission in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preliminary findings from the survey to assess the extent of community transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Uganda so far shows no evidence of community transmission. This was revealed by Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng on Thursday as she updated the country …
Read More »Kenyan truckers stranded at Mirama border
Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than fifty cargo truck drivers and their turn-boys are stranded at Mirama hills border post in Ntungamo district. Most of the truck drivers say they have spent between two to three weeks at the border after being denied entry into Rwanda. Umar Jamal, …
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