Tag Archives: COVID-19

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The Council of the European Union (EU) on Monday recommended that member states of the EU reintroduce restrictions on travellers from the United States due to a surge in COVID-19 infections there. The decision, which the Council announced through a statement, reversed a decision taken in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of education tabled seven strategies as proposals for the safe reopening of schools during a virtual meeting that attracted several stakeholders. The stakeholders that included school proprietors, education umbrella organizations, and international school representatives all agreed on the strategies that were presented. Among …

  American Intelligence to release report amid overshadowing rivalry with China Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Seventeen months since the UN World Health Organisation(WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, the world is waiting anxiously for a U.S Intelligence community report on the origin of the virus. The report is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A mother who lost her son in the enforcement of Covid-19 curfew restrictions a year ago, is still seeking justice and pleading with authorities to apprehend the security personnel who ended his son’s life. Margret Nakyanzi says she is still waiting for a briefing on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women who seek vaccination against Covid-19 could experience a longer than usual period, vaccinologist Ombeva Malande has warned urging health workers to clearly inform their female clients when they turn up for the jab so they can know what to expect. Dr Malande, who is …

  UN report points at ADF, ISIL, al Qaeda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aug. 26: A suspected suicide bomber identified as Katumba Abdul aka Ben was arrested by military intelligence personnel in Pader Town Council with an assortment of home bomb making materials. These included already assembled bombs, …

Health Workers refuse to take COVID-19 vaccine Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 task force in Lyantonde district is investigating health workers who refused to take the COVID-19 jab. Lyantonde Resident District Commissioner Catherine Kamwine says that the task force was perturbed to learn that the people who …

  Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gynecologists have warned that cases of obstetric fistula among women are likely to increase as the country experience rampant teenage pregnancies as the COVID-19 pandemic keeps students out of school. In the Luwero district alone, at least 16,163 teenage pregnancies were reported in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several city traders are ignorant about the stimulus package announced by the president to boost small enterprises after the 42-day lockdown induced by the second wave of COVID-19. While lifting the lockdown, President Yoweri Museveni directed Bank of Uganda and Ministry of Finance and Economic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kween County MP, Abdi Fadhil Chemaswet has asked the Ministry of Health to review the high cost of mandatory Covid-19 PCR test conducted at Entebbe International Airport. The test costs US$65 which the MP said is a scheme that only benefits private laboratories stationed at the …