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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has today confirmed Uganda’s first COVID-19 death. The deceased is a 34 year old Ugandan female, resident of Namisindwa district who presented with COVID like signs and symptoms: fever,dry cough,headache and difficulty in breathing. The postmortem samples from the deceased were confirmed …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Another group of Members of the Watoto Children’s Choir has returned home after more than three months in Brazil. They are among the 88 Ugandans who landed at Entebbe International Airport last evening on flights from Canada, Brazil and the Caribbean.  The choir, with 26 …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least six health workers from Pandwong health centre III who were temporarily working at Kitgum general hospital have abandoned the duty station. The health workers had been incorporated among staffs of Kitgum general hospital in April this year after the district COVID-19 taskforce …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has discharged 825 Ugandans and legal residents who recently returned to the country from institutional quarantine. They are among the 995 Ugandans and legal residents who had been stranded overseas after the closure of borders and airports to stop the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another group of 514 Ugandans and legal residents has returned from the United States of America, the Caribbean and Qatar. The Ugandans were stranded abroad when the government announced the closure of borders to control the spread of coronavirus disease in March. Those who …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of COVID-19 positive returnees is on the rise according to results released by the Ministry of Health today. Since Uganda started receiving returnees, 29 have tested positive for COVID-19. All the cases were detected during institutional quarantine at different centers. The most …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Ugandans who returned into the country have called off their protest against spending more than 14 days in institutional quarantine. The returnees had planned to stage protest until they are discharged from quarantine. Among the planned actions for the protest included …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to limit the number of people returning from abroad to only 300. This comes after more than 900 people who were stranded aboard due to the lockdown imposed due to the outbreak of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Ugandans who have just returned into the country from overseas are protesting spending more than 14 days in institutional quarantine. A total of 804 Ugandans and legal residents have returned from Afghanistan, India, Southern Africa, Ireland and the United Kingdom among …

Rawlence Ndejjo, is a returnee from Belgium. He returned on March 18 and was quarantined at Arch Apartments and Hotel in Kampala. Arch apartments and Hotel is one of the quarantine centres that the government chose to contain people returning to Uganda from abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic. He narrated …