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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has launched a new strategy to eradicate polio amidst setbacks caused by immunization interruptions that came with COVID-19. In a statement released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday, the strategy set to be implemented between …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mbale District Task Force has closed a private clinic which was found with a 50litre oxygen cylinder has been closed. On Wednesday Police arrested Alex Nyongesa, the director of Health for Life General Medical Clinic and Laboratory  and his staff Job Cherotich for …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business continues to boom at Elegu Township in Amuru District, Uganda’s border point of entry into neighbouring South Sudan despite the lockdown instituted to curtail the spread of COVID-19. There is an influx of cargo truckers delivering goods to Juba while security officials; police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Manzi Tumubweine, the former Rukiga County Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Privatization has died. Tumubweine succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday night at around 10:00 PM at Case Clinic in Kampala where he has been admitted. His death was confirmed by the …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The East African Community (EAC), a regional economic bloc, is planning to develop a COVID-19 economic recovery plan to help the region rebuild from the negative effect of the pandemic.Juvenal Ndimurirwo, director of finance for the EAC Secretariat, told a virtual meeting Friday that the …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A traffic police officer has been knocked dead along the Kamuli-Buyende road. Enoch Ndingidyeye, 30 was knocked on Friday by a sugarcane truck which he attempted to stop. The truck registration number UAM 405H was ferrying passengers from the Buyende district to areas in …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private school teachers have been left in despair again, after the government resolved to close schools following a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. Many of them broke into tears and appeared frustrated as they saw off children, many of whom had …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tororo district COVID-19 Taskforce has closed over 20 shops in Tororo town for flouting the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs meant to contain the spread of COVID-19. The district task force closed the shops on Monday afternoon in an operation to crack down on businesses flouting …

Madrid, Spain | XINHUA |  Spain on Monday ended restrictions on travelers from outside of the European Union (EU) and the Schengen travel area who have a certificate to prove they have fully completed their vaccination procedure 14 days before travel. This follows the country’s earlier decision to lift restrictions …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Vice Chancellor of Kyambogo University has appealed to the Government to reopen the COVID-19 management facility at Mandela National stadium Namboole for isolation and management of  students who test positive. Addressing the media about the COVID-19 situation in Kyambogo University on Monday, …