Tag Archives: COVID-19

  Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | International Air Ambulance (IAA) Healthcare, a leading Health Membership Organisation in Uganda has announced that it will not cater for medical bills for any of its clients infected with coronavirus. This follows declaration of the disease as pandemic by the World Health Organisation. …

COMMENT | Wasswa Balunywa |  World War II changed the world completely giving leadership to United States as the world’s leading economic power. The Soviet Union emerged to rival the US militarily until it’s collapse in the 1990’s. The United States remained as the only super power. Close to the …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  The prison system in the largest US state of California plans to release about 3,500 non-violent inmates early to help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 illness, officials said Tuesday. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said the first group of inmates …

Paris, France | AFP | Is a homemade mask better than nothing at all? With an unknown number of asymptomatic virus carriers, some experts are advising people to fashion their own face coverings to prevent them spreading the disease. As health workers across the world struggle to get protective equipment and …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masindi hospital has run out of key essential protective gears for management of COVID-19. Some of the protective gears which are out of stock include masks, infrared thermometers, and gumboots among others. Dr Felix Twinomugisha, the Masindi Hospital Medical superintendent says currently they are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The “People’s government” has halted its Emergency Care Programme that was launched on Monday citing the ban on the movement of private vehicles. On Monday, the opposition group launched the Emergency Care Programme with the aim of linking expectant mothers, Persons with Disabilities, sick …

Paris, France | AFP | From medical workers struggling to care for the rising tide of COVID-19 patients to the billions of people told to stay home to slow the pandemic, everyone is waiting for one thing: a vaccine. There is no known treatment for the new coronavirus that emerged in …

Uganda COVID-19 history 🔹 March 31 – 11 new cases – TOTAL 44 🔸 March 29 – 3 new cases – TOTAL 33 🔹 March 28 – 7 new cases – TOTAL 30 🔸 March 27 – 5 new cases – TOTAL 23 🔹 March 26 – 4 new cases …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Majority of Uganda’s COVID-19 confirmed cases belong to the lower risk age groups, this is according to researchers. According to health officials, the infection trends as of now means Uganda might not record any deaths associated with the disease. This they say is a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ban on public transport as a control measure against the spread of COVID-19 has hit hard residents of remote and hard to reach areas in Mukono district in need of health services. The most affected are people from islands and sub counties without …