Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization will next week start mass vaccination against cholera in Moroto district. The campaign is set to kick start on Monday next week. Dr Kenneth Kabali, the WHO consultant and Disease control officer and Head of Karamoja …
Read More »Security struggles to enforce presidential directives on face masks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Life has nearly returned to normal with a bee-hive of activities taking place in markets, bus parks, food and non-food shops in Gulu municipality after the partial lifting of the COVID-19 lockdown. However, many of the residents have disregarded a requirement to ear face masks …
Read More »Do not blame me for any COVID-19 deaths – Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that he has played his part in containing the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and can no longer take the blame if Ugandans start dying due to “carelessness”. Museveni said people have not died in Uganda because initially, …
Read More »Six Gombe hospital health workers quarantined
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six health workers of Gombe Hospital have been quarantined after getting into contact with a COVID-19 positive patient at Buyiga island in Mpigi district. The health workers who have been quarantined at the staff quarters include a clinical officer, a midwife and four nurses. …
Read More »Health Ministry delivers cholera treatment supplies to Moroto as cases hit 300
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has delivered drugs and disinfectants worth 12 million Shillings to Moroto as Cholera cases continue to rise in the district. The consignment was delivered to Loputuk health centre III by the National Medical Stores (NMS). According to the in-charge Phillip …
Read More »MPs demand COVID-19 test
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several legislators are demanding to be tested for Covid-19 because of their exposure to the public. This comes a few days after government announced plans to test all ministers for Covid-19 given the fact that they have been involved in the interventions to combat …
Read More »UGANDA: 30 new COVID cases
🔺 June 7th – new COVID-19 cases 30 🔺 Total confirmed cases 646. 🔺 18 new cases are contacts to previously confirmed truck drivers. 🔸Total Recoveries: 103 🔹Samples tested today: 3,758 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has today announced 30 new COVID-19 cases from the 3,758 samples tested yesterday. …
Read More »69 quarantined in Magamaga military barracks
Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty nine contacts of a COVID-19 patient have been quarantined at the Mayuge based Magamaga Military barracks. Authorities said the contacts who were identified on Sunday have been quarantined at the barracks. The patient is a wife to a soldier who had came to nurse …
Read More »Access to Buyiga island restricted amid COVID-19 fear
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mpigi district COVID-19 task force has restricted access to Buyiga island in Kammengo sub county where a community COVID-19 case was confirmed two days ago. The case was confirmed in the community on Wednesday and was instructed to isolate from his family and …
Read More »Store for new vaccines to open in August – Minister Aceng
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A year behind schedule, the Ministry of Health has set new dates for opening of a new vaccines store currently under construction at Kajjansi on the outskirts of Kampala. The $7.6million project that is being completed using funds secured from donors, Global Fund and …
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