Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joan Nambooze was 9-months pregnant when she was diagnosed with the coronavirus –Covid-19. She is believed to have contracted the virus from her husband Francis Mugenyi who returned to Uganda from the United Arab Emirates on March 22 through Entebbe International Airport. Nambooze was …
Read More »Demand for relief food overwhelms Busia district Covid-19 task force
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Busia district task force is overwhelmed by the increasing number of people demanding for relief food. Paul Kalikwan, the Busia Deputy Resident District Commissioner says that categories of people demanding for the relief food include boda boda cyclists, motor and bicycles mechanics, hardware …
Read More »MPs lash back at Museveni over Covid-19 cash
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have reacted to President Museveni’s comments about the 20 million shillings that were given to each MP for COVID-19. In his address to the country on Tuesday, President Yoweri Museveni condemned MPs for seeking to divert Ugandans from …
Read More »Lacor hospital suspected COVID-19 deaths test negative for virus
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Test results from the Uganda Virus Research Institute show that two deaths that occured at Lacor Hospital in Gulu were not caused by COVID-19 as was suspected by health officials at the hospital. The two deaths that occured on Sunday were of a 59-year-old Kenyan truck …
Read More »Five contacts of COVID-19 positive truck drivers quarantined in Nwoya
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to five contacts of three COVID-19 positive foreign truck drivers been quarantined in Nwoya district. The three truck drivers, who were intercepted last week in Pakwach district include two Kenyans and a Tanzanian national. They were part of the 11 truck drivers who tested …
Read More »COVID-19 could lead to seven million unintended pregnancies – UNFPA
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ongoing lockdowns and major disruptions to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in seven million unintended pregnancies in the coming months, according to data released by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem says that the pandemic is deepening …
Read More »With widespread testing, New Yorkers pin hopes on virus antibodies
New York, United States | AFP | For the first time Tuesday, hundreds of New Yorkers were able to get tested for COVID-19 without having serious symptoms or underlying health issues — hopeful they had already contracted and beaten the potentially deadly disease. Dozens of people wearing masks — many young …
Read More »‘Stopping truck drivers would be suicidal’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said movement of cargo inside the country and from neigbouring countries is crucial for the running of esential services needed int he fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. He said therefore, it would be ‘suicidal’ for government to consider …
Read More »Museveni splits salary between Janet, NRM and COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni will donate close to half his monthly salary to the COVID-19 national task-force. Reacting to a caller urging public servants to contribute to raising funds for the Coronavirus task-force, Museveni said he would donate about sh1.4million of his salary, …
Read More »Museveni confident economy will not be hit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has issued a firm assurance to Ugandans that the economy and therefore their businesses will not be hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Evidently staying clear of the issue of stimulus to business, Museveni said while he understood businesses in tourism and …
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