Iganga, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Iganga district officials have resolved to transfer their COVID-19 isolation centre from Iganga General Hospital to Busoga university dormitories.  In an interview with URN, the Iganga district health officer David Muwanguzi says that they resorted to seeking more space due to the overwhelming numbers registered …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Artists and opinion leaders across the globe have embraced the power of music to encourage the public and warn about the dangers of the new strain of Coronavirus’ COVID-19, which is ravaging the world. In some of the lyrics, artists, both local and international are …

  Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump signed into law Friday the $2 trillion rescue plan to salvage a US economy crippled by the novel coronavirus, on a day the nation recorded more than 100,000 confirmed cases of virus infections. Hours earlier, the House of Representatives passed the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda People’s Defence Forces –UPDF and Uganda Police Force –UPF have appointed three officers to command COVID-19 evacuation team that has been established by the National Security Council. The three;  Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson Denis Namuwooza, Lt Col Bright Ruyonga and Cpt Dr David …

Paris, France | AFP | As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, aid groups warn that without measures millions could die in low-income countries and war zones such as Syria and Yemen, where hygiene conditions are already dire. The outbreak has infected some 580,000 people …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Prof. Morris Ogenga Latigo, the Agago North County MP has downplayed claims that he dodged a 14-days’ mandatory self-quarantine against Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disease after his trip to South Africa. Latigo, alongside other Ugandan lawmakers, traveled to Midrand, South Africa for a meeting of the of …

Budapest, Hungary | AFP |  A “dictatorship” at the heart of the EU? A draft law to grant anti-coronavirus emergency measures set for adoption by Budapest has alarmed observers who fear it will hand Prime Minister Viktor Orban unlimited power. “Hungary is a special case, nowhere else have you the kind …

Washington, United States | AFP |  New Orleans, the Louisiana city known as the “Big Easy” famed for its jazz and nightlife, has become an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic gripping the United States. Bourbon Street, the normally bustling heart of the French Quarter, is eerily quiet, its music silenced and …

Washington, United States | AFP |  The United States now has more COVID-19 infections than any other country, and a record number of newly unemployed people, as the coronavirus crisis deepens around the world. Healthcare systems in even the most developed nations are being stretched to breaking point with grim warnings …

Bamako, Mali | AFP | Malians vote Sunday in a long-delayed parliamentary election, despite a raging jihadist conflict, the recent kidnap of a leading opposition politician and the coronavirus pandemic. Experts see the vote as a key step towards leading the West African state out of its spiral of violence and …