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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The COVID-19 risk and communication committee is seeking 186 Million Shillings funding to intensify public sensitization campaigns against the epidemic in the wake of the infections surge. A survey conducted by the committee reveals that only 15 per cent of Gulu’s 500,000 population put on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Intensive Care Units in the country are not up and running as intended due to a lack of staff to operationalise the specialised wards. According to hospital administrators that URN spoke to, most regional referral ICUs in the country are not working due to a …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-five Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) patients who were aboard the burnt Parliament bus destined for Kampala have been admitted for treatment at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. The patients from Kitgum District had been denied admission at the referral treatment unit on Monday due to space limitations. …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The surveillance and case management personnel for the novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Gulu is stuck with over 30 patients in the community after the treatment centre ran out of space for new admissions. The government expanded the Tuberculosis ward at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There is an uproar in Gulu City following incidences of escape by COVID-19 patients who had been admitted for treatment at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. In less than two months, the treatment unit at the facility has already recorded three cases of patients who have …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  Five laboratory technicians attached to the Surveillance and Case Management Sub-Committee of Gulu Task Force have been quarantined after one of their colleagues tested positive for the novel Coronavirus Disease. The technicians include health workers who were assigned to the committee from UPDF 4th Division Military …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Pece Prison in East Division in Gulu City has been placed under the 14 days’ mandatory quarantine after one of the inmates tested positive for COVID-19.  The inmate, whose identity has been withheld, was transferred to Pece Prisons from Amuru district on June 30th, 2020. …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Three truck drivers who tested positive to COVID-19 have been discharged from Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.  The drivers have been receiving treatment at the isolation ward after they tested positive for COVID-19 virus last month at Elegu Border Point. This brings the number of discharged …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A Kenyan truck driver who was admitted in isolation at St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu district after presenting with Covid19 symptoms has died. The 59 -Year –Old trucker was admitted on Saturday after being referred from Elelgu Border Post in Amuru district. In a statement …