The risk of extending the COVID-19 lockdown could delay rebound in economic activity Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s private sector activity slowed in June, the second time in a row, with businesses forecasting a dejected outlook for the few months ahead as a result of the ongoing second …
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Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen inmates at Kwania government prison farm have tested positive for COVID-19. The samples of the 287 inmates were taken on Tuesday and 16 were found to be positive. Frank Baine, the Uganda Prisons Spokesperson says that the inmates were all evacuated to Jinja Hospital …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators on the Parliament Covid-19 taskforce are concerned about the way the home-based care system has been left exposed and vulnerable to people in homes and communities. The government through the ministry of health approved that people who test positive to Covid-19 but with mild …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police with the assistance of the UPDF in Mbarara city have arrested 150 people for flouting presidential directives and standard operating procedures set by Ministry of Health to curb the spread of Covid-19. They were arrested on Monday in an operation that lasted for seven …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua City Council has approved 338 million shillings supplementary budget for management of Covid-19. The money is part of the funds from the central government transfers to the cities and municipalities to support Covid-19 activities. In an extraordinary council sitting held on Monday, the councilors …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added a new warning on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, saying the vaccine has been linked to a serious but rare side effect called Guillain-Barre syndrome. Guillain Barre syndrome is a neurological disorder in which the …
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Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday warned of the “devastating outbreaks” caused by the Delta variant of COVID-19, saying that the new strain of the virus was infecting people “at a scorching pace.” “Last week marked the fourth consecutive week …
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Marginalisation of the minority tribe keeps relief away Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Sylvia Kokunda, a young member from the Batwa minority community in southwestern Uganda has watched with frustration the recent debate on which groups of people in Uganda deserve to get the government cash relief during the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police commanders at Nateete police station are in trouble for allegedly protecting bars operating against directives during the COVID-19 lockdown. In March last year, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni closed all entertainment venues including bars in a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The leisure …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to support the SafeBoda community that is being hit hard by COVID-19 lockdown, ride hailing app, SafeBoda has announced an initiative to provide food supplies to over 3,000 of its SafeBoda drivers, it said on July 12. This follows the presidential directive …
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