Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The closest date that a COVID-19 vaccine can be ready is June 2021 according to scientists and researchers. Over 100 vaccines are being developed globally in laboratories in the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe and even China. 76 of these are being followed by …
Read More »Early trial results for Remdesivir show promise in COVID-19 treatment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A latest clinical trial in the United States shows that Remdesivir drug is effective in the treatment of the novel coronavirus. The experimental drug by the Gilead Sciences Inc has been under clinical trial treating COVID-19 patients for the last two weeks in the United …
Read More »Non food shops quietly re-open despite ban
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several of non food stuff shops have quietly reopened in the city suburbs in violation of the presidential directives aimed at controlling the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. While announcing the Covid-19 preventive guidelines in one of his televised address last month, President Yoweri …
Read More »Experts call for embracing an African model of lifting lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts at the Makerere University School of Public Health say there’s no longer need for the whole country to stay under total lockdown as a way of preventing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Uganda has not had any cases of community transmitted infection …
Read More »Half world’s workers risk livelihoods being ‘destroyed’: ILO
Genève, Switzerland | AFP | Nearly half of the entire global workforce is in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed by the coronavirus pandemic, the International Labour Organization warned Wednesday. The ILO said the risk fell on those workers in the informal economy, and three-quarters of them, some 1.6 billion …
Read More »US GDP contracts 4.8% as virus hit, ends decade of growth
Washington, United States | AFP | The decade of US economic expansion ended dramatically in the first quarter when GDP shrank 4.8 percent as the coronavirus hit, according to government data released Wednesday. It was the biggest decline in GDP in 12 years as the pandemic forced businesses to …
Read More »Ministry of Health traces 14,000 travelers for COVID-19 testing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said it has so far traced and tested 14,000 people out of the 18,000 who came into the country from 7th to 22nd of March. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health announced that 18,000 people had …
Read More »Truck drivers banned from stopovers in Kumi
Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kumi district taskforce for COVID-19 has banned stopovers of all cargo truck drivers in the district. The municipality is a transit route for long-distance trucks including fuel tanks destined for South Sudan, Kenya and other areas. Kumi Municipality Mayor, Richard Ochom says that more …
Read More »Stop using pregnant mothers as stickers to drive around – Health Ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has asked Ugandans to stop the habit of using pregnant mothers as stickers to get ways of driving from one place to another during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. All cars moving during the COVID-19 lockdown are supposed to have stickers …
Read More »Vegetable farmers in Kitgum cash in amidst Covid-19 lockdown
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vegetable farmers in Kitgum district have remained relevant in business despite the COVID-19 lockdown. The government declared a national lockdown nearly a month ago as one of the measures to curb the spread of the virus. In Manwoko village, Labongo Amida sub-county, more than …
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