Tag Archives: Truck drivers

Nwoya, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Up to five contacts of three COVID-19 positive foreign truck drivers been quarantined in Nwoya district. The three truck drivers, who were intercepted last week in Pakwach district include two Kenyans and a Tanzanian national. They were part of the 11 truck drivers who tested …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two trucks imported from Germany to act as mobile Covid19 testing laboratories can’t be deployed due to lack of vital equipment, URN has learnt. The Health Minister, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng announced the arrival of the trucks during a televised COVID-19 national update. The trucks …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifteen people who were in contact with five truck drivers have been quarantined at Arua Nurse Training School. Ten of the contacts who include three women and seven men were on Tuesday picked from Vurra customs by a team of health and security officials …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirteen of the 23 truck drivers who tested positive for the coronavirus -COVID 19 exited Uganda on their own will, the Health Minister, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed. According to Aceng, Uganda officially only repatriated a single truck driver from Tanzania. She says …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Six Kenyan and eight Tanzanian truck drivers who tested positive for Coronavirus Disease COVID-19  have so far been returned to their respective countries, according to the Ministry of Health.  The Ministry of Health Public Relations Officer Emmanuel Ainebyoona revealed this as he gave out results …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi district COVID-19 task force has designated two playgrounds as stopover points for long distance truck drivers. This restrictive measure comes in the wake of an increase in infections among long-distance truck drivers most of them Kenyan and Tanzanian nationals crossing through Uganda to South …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo district COVID-19 taskforce has resolved to ban long-distance truck drivers from making stopovers in the area as one of the measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease. This restrictive measure comes in the wake of an increase in infections among long-distance truck …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Four truck drivers who were intercepted at Pakwach on Thursday night after testing positive for COVID-19 have been isolated at Arua Regional Referral Hospital.  The truck drivers who entered Uganda through Mutukula through Kampala on their way to the Democratic Republic of Congo, were tested …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  One new COVID-19 case has been confirmed today by the Uganda Virus Research Institute, bringing Uganda’s load to 75 cases. The new case is a 43-year-old Ugandan truck driver who entered the country through the Malaba border crossing from Kenya. This is the 18th truck …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have tasked the government to come up with lasting solutions to address the entry of truck drivers into the country. This was during plenary session on Friday chaired by Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. Last night, Uganda registered …