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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have intercepted a COVID-19 positive truck driver in Kampala. The driver of the Fuso truck registration number UAR 119G was intercepted at Kobil fuel station near Bat Valley causing panic and fear among nearby traders and pump attendants. He tested positive at …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakaseke hospital is struggling to feed the 33 contacts of a COVID-19 positive truck driver who were recently quarantined at the facility. The truck driver was intercepted at Katuugo village in Wakyato sub county, Nakaseke district on Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19 from …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan cargo truck driver who tested positive for COVID-19 has been intercepted at Mirama Hills border post in Ntungamo district. He was intercepted on Sunday evening returning from Rwanda. The driver is among the 43 confirmed cases that were announced last week. He crossed …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two security officers have been quarantined at Gulu School Clinical Officers in Gulu Municipality after picking money dropped by a truck driver. They include a male police officer and a female Uganda People`s Defense Forces-UPDF soldier who were deployed at Customs corner along Gulu-Nimule highway …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Four family members of a truck driver who tested positive for COVID-19 have been quarantined in Luweero District. A Ugandan truck driver was intercepted in Gulu early this week heading back to South Sudan after testing positive for COVID- 19 at Elegu border post. It …

  Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luweero has intercepted a coronavirus (COVID-19) positive truck driver and a female friend. The driver was on his way to Elegu border in Amuru district. The 28-year-old Ugandan truck driver was intercepted at a road block mounted by police at Don Petrol …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Health Ministry has intercepted the Ugandan truck driver who tested positive for the Corona virus disease-Covid19. The fuso truck driver was intercepted on Saturday evening at a police check point at the Mukono-Jinja- Bugerere road junction on his way from Kampala to Mbale district. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 98, after a sample tested positive for the disease later on Tuesday.  Ministry of Health confirmed that the sample belongs to a 27- year old truck driver from Kenya who entered the country …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabale district covid-19 task force is struggling to trace the contacts of a truck driver who was intercepted at Uganda-Rwanda border of Chanika last week after testing positive to COVID-19. The truck driver who is currently admitted at Kabale regional referral hospital was intercepted …

Kisoro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two people have been quarantined at Kisoro Primary Teachers College in Kisoro district after it emerged that they got into contact with a COVID-19 positive truck driver at Uganda-Rwanda border of Chanika last week.  Nick Muneza, the Assistant District Health Officer Kisoro, says that the …