Tag Archives: COVID-19

Paris, France | AFP | As several nations begin relaxing their lockdowns following an initial peak in COVID-19 cases, attention is turning to how they can avoid a “second wave” of infections as social distancing is eased. Italy and Spain — two of the hardest hit countries — have already started …

Beijing, China | AFP | China’s southern Guangdong province has launched a raft of anti-discrimination policies targeting businesses and venues after a heavy-handed crackdown on the African community sparked international outrage last month. Authorities in the provincial capital Guangzhou had started mass testing its African community shortly after a cluster of COVID-19 cases was found …

May 4th ✳ 39,232 tested ✳ 89 confirmed cases ✳ 55 recoveries ✳ 0 deaths NEW MEASURES ✳ Agriculture will continue ✳ No opening Airport and other air transport ✳ Bussing, cycling allowed ✳ Wholesalers allowed to open ✳ Hardware shops allowed to open ✳ Insurance providers to work ✳ …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reiterated that government does not intend to evacuate Ugandans stuck abroad following the coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic lock down. Government recently started registration of Ugandans who had traveled abroad temporarily but this brought excitement of a possible plan to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police has warned its officers against going to the field without Personal Protective Equipment-PPE saying they are putting their lives and those of others at risk of contracting COVID-19. Speaking on Monday at the weekly security press conference at the Uganda Media …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Educationists have poked holes in the approach used by the government to enhance digital learning in Uganda at a time when children are grounded in homes as part of the coronavirus disease lockdown. Schools, parents and entrepreneurs are all tapping into the stay home …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | If closure of schools as a strategy to halt further spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues, United Nations (UN) Agencies warn that many children around the globe may not get another chance of an education. As a result in their latest joint press statement, …

Mutukula, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers screening for COVID-19 at the Uganda-Tanzania border at Mutukula in Kyotera district are sharing accommodation space with suspected cases. The Ministry of Health deployed atleast 12 health workers at the Mutukula border main entrance to carry out mandatory testing of all travelers …

  How issuance of the IMF’s reserve asset, Special Drawing Rights, could ensure international liquidity COMMENT | JIM O’NEIL AND DOMENICO LOMBARDI | Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund estimates that, between now and the end of 2021, global GDP will suffer a cumulative loss of more …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Joyce Moriku Kaducu has accused management of Jinja regional referral hospital for failing to enforce the COVID-19 presidential directives. While inspecting the hospital’s isolation centre on Sunday, Kaducu said that security personnel have failed to limit …