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Geneva, Switzerland | AFP |  The World Health Organization Friday changed its advice on face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they should be worn in places where the virus is widespread and physical distancing is difficult. The use of masks has been a hot topic ever since the pandemic first …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP |  In El-Arish, the provincial capital of Egypt’s North Sinai, a group of women sew colourful Bedouin designs on masks to combat coronavirus, as an insurgency simmers in their restive region. Egypt’s toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has reached over 28,600 cases, including more than 1,000 deaths, …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The government will start free distribution of face masks next week. Robinah Nabanja, the State Minister of health for General duties says the distribution will be done in phases starting in the border districts and then roll out to other parts of the country.  Last …

To date, the WHO only recommends use of face masks for COVID-19 protection amongst healthy people only if they are caring for someone with a COVID-19 diagnosis or if they are coughing or sneezing themselves. COMMENT | Dr Bruce Tumwine Rwabasonga | President Museveni on May 19th, extended the national lockdown …

New York, United States | AFP |  As they gradually reopen, US shopping malls are requiring masks and implementing social distancing policies in hopes of convincing customers that they can shop safely in the coronavirus era. But these once-dominant shopping behemoths are in survival mode following lengthy pandemic shutdowns that have …

Ypsilanti, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump said Thursday he’d finally overcome his aversion to wearing masks against the coronavirus — but didn’t want be photographed. Touring a Ford auto factory in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where workers have converted to building respirators and other medical equipment for fighting COVID-19, Trump held up a mask …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts are warning against wearing masks if one is engaged in work that involves a lot of physical activity. According to medics, wearing a mask often reduces the airflow into the breathing chamber making it uncomfortable and difficult for one to breathe during intense …

Sorotia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Staff at Princess Diana Memorial HCIV in Soroti Municipality have laid down tools over the lack of  face masks for attending to patients.  The staffs are concerned that while the COVID-19 pandemic is claiming lives in different parts of the world, Soroti Hospital isn’t providing …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The government will only be able to produce 11.2 million face masks over the next two weeks. This is in line with a decision by the government to distribute free face masks to the general public as a precondition for lifting restrictions on the lockdown …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Minister of Security Gen. Elly Tumwine has said enforcing the compulsory wearing of masks is going to be the new war front for security forces. Tumwine said that the country has closed the borders through which new infections were coming to the country, they …