Tag Archives: Joyce Moriku Kaducu

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ministry of Health and representatives from the Uganda Nurses and Midwife Union (UNMU) are against the government’s proposed allowance for health workers involved in the COVID-19 vaccination process. According to a circular released last week by the ministry of public service, nurses who are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  84 percent of health workers have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 according to records from the ministry of health. As of last week, only 24,093 health workers had gotten the vaccine. This according to health ministry officials is worrying and likely to increase vaccine hesitancy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has said that the curfew time will be maintained despite calls by Members of Parliament to have it lifted. Rugunda was on Tuesday speaking during the plenary after Members of Parliament called for the curfew to be lifted to enable Muslims …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked President Museveni to review attendance numbers for prayers from only 70 people and reconsider it basing on the size of the place of worship. President Yoweri Museveni, while opening up more sectors of the economy emphasized that only 70 people …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has confirmed that one Member of Parliament tested positive for COVID-19. Although the Ministry made no mention of the name, its officials told the Government Assurances Committee of Parliament this morning that the MP is already undergoing treatment and steadily …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Leaders in Acholi have asked the government to lift the lockdown in Gulu. Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, the LCV Chairperson says that the district taskforce was shocked to receive a notification from the Ministry of Health on Tuesday that Gulu district was under lockdown because …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There is a double celebration at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital following a successful operation of a mother whose baby was implanted in the liver.  Ideally, the egg travels down the fallopian tube to the womb, when it is fertilized. But Florence Anabo, a 23-year-old mother …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is seeking for a mini clinical laboratory and new incinerator for disposing of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) healthcare waste. Some of the infectious waste include used face masks; syringes, hand gloves, blades, medicinal wastes, and other associated wastes arising from services produced …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district has run out of food for its coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine centre at Pabbo Senior Secondary School in Pabbo sub county. Michael Lakony, the Amuru district chairperson says the 10 tonnes of relief food that was delivered from the Office of the Prime …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Health workers at Lira Regional Referral Hospital on Saturday celebrated the recovery and discharge of all the 20 COVID-19 patients. The recovered patients are part of the 21 truck drivers who tested positive for the virus at Elegu Border and were admitted at the Hospital …