Malaba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The cumulative number of foreign truck drivers confirmed with COVID-19 in Uganda rose to 61 Sunday, after the Ministry of health announced five more positive tests. The truck drivers now account for over 50% of Uganda’s positive tests, that stand at 121. The …
Read More »COVID-19 positive truck driver intercepted in Elegu, another missing
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The second out of the 13 truck drivers who tested positive for Corona virus on Friday has been intercepted. The 26-year-old Kenyan truck driver of Somali origin was intercepted on Saturday evening at the Uganda– South Sudan one stop border point in Elegu town in …
Read More »Covid-19: Bweyogerere residents complain about free movement of truck drivers
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bweyogerere in Kira Municipality in Wakiso district have raised fears of contracting Corona virus from cargo truck drivers who leave Namboole Stadium to buy drinks and food in the neighborhood. Namboole stadium is one of the designated parking areas for transit cargo trucks. …
Read More »Another truck driver tests positive, Uganda now has 101 cases
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases has surpassed the 100-mark after a sample of a Tanzanian truck driver tested positive. The case is a 32-year-old driver who entered the country via the Mutukula border. His sample was among 3,091 samples that were tested at the …
Read More »Truck drivers giving false information at entry points – Health Ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health and other agencies are facing problems tracking truck drivers who have tested positive to coronavirus disease- COVID-19. According to officials on the National COVID-19 Task Force, it has become increasingly hard to trace drivers and their contacts because as they …
Read More »COVID-19: Uganda’s cases hit 100
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19, after two samples tested positive today. The two cases are truck drivers from Kenya who entered the country via the Malaba border crossing in Eastern Uganda. The drivers are of Kenyan and Eritrean nationalities. The two drivers were …
Read More »Fuel siphoning frustrates efforts to minimize contact between truck drivers, highway communities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The practice of siphoning fuel from trucks has frustrated efforts to minimise contact between youths and truck drivers along highways in Busoga region exposing them to Covid 19 infection. Despite the fact that the Works and Transport Ministry directed that all transit trucks park …
Read More »URA struggling to control crowds at Busia customs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority- URA officials in Busia district are struggling to contain the huge number of traders and truck drivers seeking clearance and screening for Covid 19 at the One-Stop Border Post-OSBP. Several people including clearing agents, money changers, truck drivers, mobile money operators …
Read More »Uganda’s COVID-19 cases rise to 83
#April30 #Uganda #Covid19 🔸 2 new cases (truck drivers) ✳ 31,350 tested ✳ 83 confirmed cases ✳ 52 recoveries ✳ 17 active cases ✳ 0 deaths SOURCE MOH Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Uganda has risen to 83 after two more people tested …
Read More »Truck drivers banned from stopovers in Kumi
Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kumi district taskforce for COVID-19 has banned stopovers of all cargo truck drivers in the district. The municipality is a transit route for long-distance trucks including fuel tanks destined for South Sudan, Kenya and other areas. Kumi Municipality Mayor, Richard Ochom says that more …
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