Ban on the sale of milk has been lifted for two weeks under strict regulations Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Kiruhura and Kazo districts have reversed the earlier ban imposed on the sale of milk. The two districts that are under quarantine following the outbreak of Foot and Mouth …
Read More »Lyantonde district authorities relax animal quarantine
Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lyantonde district veterinary authorities have relaxed the ban on the sale and movement of cattle and animal products in the district. Early this year, the district authorities banned the sale and movement of cattle and animal products in the district to contain the Foot and …
Read More »Farmers willing to cost-share on vaccines with gov’t as quarantine hits milk supplies
Gov’t imposed animal quarantine on numerous districts to curtail the spread of the Foot and Mouth disease Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Livestock farmers are calling on the government to privatize the import, purchase and distribution of farm inputs especially vaccines to improve the animal health service delivery. This comes at …
Read More »Gov’t quarantines five districts over foot and mouth disease
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has imposed a quarantine on five districts in southwestern Uganda following the new outbreak of the foot and mouth disease. The affected districts are Gomba, Isingiro, Kazo, Kiruhura and Sembabule where the disease has been detected in many herds. Movement on livestock and livestock …
Read More »Police to quarantine new PPC recruits before training in Kabalye
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police, Martin Ochola has released names of successful applicants for the 5,000 vacancies of Probation Police Constables –PPCs. Ochola has dispatched the names to regional and divisional police headquarters where all applicants can check out for their names. Ochola according to …
Read More »Kitgum quarantine centers closed over lack of funds
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district taskforce has closed down all coronavirus quarantine centers over lack of funds. The quarantine centers are Pandwong health center III and St Joseph’s Hospital all in Kitgum municipality which hasve been closed for the past two weeks and one month respectively. They were …
Read More »MOH to recall returnees from India, Middle East for COVID-19 testing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) is set call all people that returned from the Middle East and India in September for retesting, owing to the high number of positive cases recorded. This was revealed by Dr. Richard Mugahi, the Ministry of Health official in charge …
Read More »COVID-19 quarantine centers to close
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Quarantine centres are set to close after people who returned from abroad before October 1st, completed their required 14-day stay. The Ministry’s senior Public Relations Officer Emmanuel Ainebyoona said everyone that is coming into the country will now be required to present COVID-19 negative …
Read More »Kalangala quarantine center closed over lack of funds
Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kalangala district taskforce has temporarily closed the quarantine centre at Bishop Dunstan Memorial Secondary School due to lack of funds. In April, the district received 165 million shillings to intensify anti-COVID-19 campaigns to facilitate surveillance, coordination and also establish isolation centres. The Kalangala LCV chairperson, …
Read More »Livestock quarantine lifted in Karamoja
Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industries and Fisheries has lifted the ban on the sale of animals and their products in Kotido, Kaabong and Abim districts. In November 2019, the Ministry imposed a quarantine in the three districts following an outbreak of foot and …
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