Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The mental distress in the country is worse compared to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Hafisa Lukwata, the Head of the Mental Health division in Ministry of Health has revealed. Mental and psychosocial distress is evidently affecting COVID-19 patients, caregivers and medical …

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mubende Regional Referral Hospital has received Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) from the area legislators worth Shillings 20 million to help them in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The PPEs handed over to the hospital director, Dr. Alex Andema on Tuesday included face shields, surgical …

Our researchers are now entering stage four of the Covid-19 vaccine production according to President Museveni Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday said the country had received green monkey cells which are critical in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. Museveni said that the acquisition of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of private health service providers came under fire from the Covid-19 taskforce of Parliament for holding the bodies of Covid-19 victims and patients over unpaid bills. Several families whose relatives have succumbed to Covid-19 have failed to pick their bodies from private facilities …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The political wing of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has criticized the government for the delayed disbursement of the COVID-19 relief to city residents and ongoing process to identify the beneficiaries. When the government announced plans to provide the COVID-19 relief fund, the Office of the …

Interleukin-6 receptor blockers join corticosteroids on list of effective treatments for severe coronavirus. Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday recommended interleukin-6 receptor blockers for people with severe COVID-19, urging the producers to join efforts to rapidly increase the access to the drugs. The WHO said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has released funds for the first quarter of the financial year 2021/22, with focus on the health sector and the fight against Covid-19. The release amounting to 5.673 Trillion Shillings represents 25% of the approved government budget minus external financing, appropriation in aid …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some village chairpersons in Kampala have raised concern about the criterion and time allocated for identifying the beneficiaries of the COVID-19 relief fund from the government. They are worried that the criterion may live out many would-be beneficiaries. Recently, the government announced the proposal to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The agriculture sector’s value to the economy has remained largely unchanged and in some areas, increased during the one year of the Covid-19 pandemic. This resilience has given the authorities more incentives to focus on the sector in the development programs like the National Development …

Bunyangabu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyangabu district COVID-19 taskforce has suspended the operations of salons and boutiques as part of the measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. The taskforce has also ordered boda boda operators to vacate their stages and operate from their homes using their phones. Bunyangabu district …