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 …
Read More »Six COVID-19 patients admitted in Gulu regional referral hospital
Gulu, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has received six new COVID-19 positive patients. The patients who are all cargo truck drivers from Elegu One-Stop Border entry point in Amuru District were admitted on Tuesday evening. This brings the number of patients admitted at the facility to …
Read More »Gulu district COVID-19 task force leaders placed under quarantine
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu District Chairperson Martin Ojara Mapenduzi and the Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Maj. Santo Okot Lapolo have been quarantined for suspected Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). They are among scores of radio presenters and health workers who were placed under both self and institutional quarantine as possible …
Read More »Task force disregards MP’s ideas on use of COVID-19 funds
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu District COVID-19 taskforce has disregarded suggestions by area MPs’ on the utilization of the 20 million Shillings from Parliament. The money was given to each legislator to facilitate their activities on the management and control of coronavirus disease. But amidst controversy on the …
Read More »Sex workers register for evacuation from Gulu as lockdown bites
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 40 commercial sex workers have asked to be evacuated to their districts of origin after failing to sustain themselves in Gulu during the ongoing lockdown. A rapid assessment conducted by the Special Interest Group Sub-Committee of the District Task Force documented up 528 …
Read More »Relief food distribution in Gulu turns rowdy
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The food distribution exercise in Gulu Municipality turned rowdy on Wednesday after residents of Tegwana Parish, Pece Division grabbed relief food that was delivered to vulnerable people. It all started when the LCI Chairperson for Tegwana Parish, Geoffrey Onekalit, members of his executive and those …
Read More »Stampede as positive truck driver is rounded up in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was a stampede in Gulu Town on Thursday evening after security personnel rounded up a truck driver who tested positive for Coronavirus Disease. The patient is an Eritrean national who had already spent two days in the community after he arrived in Gulu on …
Read More »Acholi leaders protest, COVID-19 truck driver transferred to Kampala
Gulu, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | A truck driver, who was heading to South Sudan and was confirmed to be COVID-19 positive, has been transferred to Kampala from Kamdini. Ministry of Health officials picked him from Kamdini, and decided to take him to Kampala and not near by Gulu Regional Referral Hospital …
Read More »PWDs in Gulu demand sign language interpreters for sensitization on COVID -19
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons living with disability in Gulu district are demanding for sign language interpreters involved in the sensitization exercise on COVID -19. Their concerns come after no sign language interpreter has been included among the team going out to sensitize the local community on COVID -19. …
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