Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has restricted travelling to nine more countries that have been hit by COVID 19. The affected countries are San Marino, Belgium, USA, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Austria and Malaysia. According to the health ministry, these countries have reported large cumulative numbers of infected …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that for countries to improve Early Childhood Development (ECD), they need to ensure that children and infants receive responsive care in the first three years of birth. In its new guidelines released on Tuesday, WHO recommends that governments …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rate at which COVID 19 is spreading worldwide is troubling, according to the World Health Organisation-WHO. At the end of last week, the number of infected persons stood at 96,000 in 93 countries. By close of Tuesday, the number stood at over 110,000 in …
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Rome, Italy | AFP | Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions on its 60 million people Tuesday to control the deadly coronavirus, as China signalled major progress in its own battle against the global epidemic. The outbreak, combined with a crash in oil prices, has caused carnage on financial markets, erasing billions …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The economic uncertainty of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic will likely cost the global economy USD 1 trillion in 2020, the UN’s trade and development agency, UNCTAD, has said. The warning was sounded by Richard Kozul-Wright, the Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies at UNCTAD …
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Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | City authorities in Kigali have banned concerts, rallies and other mass gatherings in the capital as a preventive measure against coronavirus, despite Rwanda recording no confirmed cases of the illness. Coronavirus has only been reported in eight countries on the African continent, according to data from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Myths about the transmission, prevention and treatment of COVID 19 are causing havoc in the fight against the spread of the disease according to World Health Organisation. WHO officials says lies or half-truths regarding COVID are costing the UN health agency a lot of …
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Beijing, China | AFP | World health officials have warned that countries are not taking the coronavirus crisis seriously enough, as outbreaks surged across Europe and in the United States where medical workers sounded warnings over a “disturbing” lack of hospital preparedness. Global markets tumbled again over concerns about the impact …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A study carried out by Lancet shows that Uganda is one of many countries that face the lowest risk of being infected by the coronavirus. The study which was carried out by using data on the volume of air travel departing airports in the infected …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Next Einstein Forum that was set to happen in Nairobi, Kenya next week has been postponed. Kevin Eze, the Forum’s Manager for Public Engagement said in an email yesterday that the meeting of global leaders in science and innovation has been cancelled due to …
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