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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With the zeal of hand washing going down months into coronavirus disease transmission in the country, experts have stated that it was inevitable as people were only acting in shock following announcements of a strange killer disease. Hand hygiene alone is touted as having …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has embarked on a process to mend the relationship between Makerere University and the Ministry of Health whose officials are reportedly fighting over COVID-19 cash. The process started with a crisis meeting presided over by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council of Sports-NCS has issued standard operating procedures guiding on the recommended minimum requirements that competition organizers and participants should consider if the government okays resumption of sports activities. World over, the sports industry is one of the areas that were greatly …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five patients who have recovered from COVID-19 have been discharged from Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. The discharged patients include three who were transferred from Kasensero in Kyotera district and two cases from Isingiro district. Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Director Dr Celestine Barigye said that …

Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Expectant mothers at Kyenjojo general hospital are struggling to share the limited space and beds at the facility. The ward is unable to host all the expectant mothers and those who have given birth. Some of the expectant mothers opt to sleep in the …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Luweero town council are alarmed by truck drivers plying along Kampala-Gulu highway who continue to make stop overs in ungazetted places amidst spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Trade and Transport National taskforce sub-committee on COVID-19 gazetted seclusion and health break points …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands and Uganda Wild Life Authority (UWA) have commenced surveying and opening of boundaries between Katwe-Kabatoro town council and Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese district. The exercise started with the validation of the 1952 geodetic reference frames made up of …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Finance has allocated 400 million shillings to Amuru district to aid in the fight against COVID-19 in the district.   The allocation comes at a time when the district taskforce had for long been crying for more funds from the central government.   Geoffrey …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Medical teams at lower level health centres in Masaka district are at risk of contracting the contagious Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) due to the absence of safety gear.   The lower health centres have registered an increase in the number of patients in recent weeks, due to …

Moroto, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee-PAC on Tuesday tasked officials from Moroto Regional Referral Hospital to account for 603.4 million shillings that was irregularly spent on salaries, non-budgeted items among others. Led by the Hospital Director Dr Benedicto Watmon, the officials were appearing before the committee to answer …