COVID-19 Updates

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Controversy has erupted in Arua district over COVID-19 results released by the District Health Officer Paul Bishop Drileba, following tests conducted in anticipation of the presidents visit last week.  President Museveni visited Arua as part of a five-day journey in which he unveiled major …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | With some COVID-19 patients reporting long-term symptoms, including damage to major organs, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments to ensure they receive necessary care. “Although we’re still learning about the virus, what’s clear is that this is not just a virus that kills …

New York, USA | XINHUA |    The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 9 million on Friday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. U.S. COVID-19 case count rose to 9,007,298, with the national death toll reaching 229,293, as …

Kyotera, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Kyotera District Covid-19 task force has relaxed enforcing the covid-19 prevention guidelines.  Kyotera is among the border districts that were characterized under the category of high-risk areas due to its proximity to Tanzania where community transmission is feared to be high.  However, in many …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The amount of money migrant workers send home is projected to decline by 14 per cent  compared to the pre-COVID-19 levels, according to the latest estimates published in the World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief.    Remittance flows to low and middle-income countries are projected …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Universities are not adhering to the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures- SOPs.  Last month, President Museveni ordered for the commencement of learning for candidates in Primary seven, senior four, senior six and finalists in tertiary institutions and universities. The learners reported to their respective schools on …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers at Mukono General Hospital are in panic following the loss of their colleague to COVID-19. William Mule, who has been the coordinator of laboratory technicians in Mukono district, breathed his last on Wednesday morning while being transferred from Kiruddu hospital to Mulago National …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-six air travelers have appeared before three different magistrate’s courts in Entebbe for forging PCR COVID-19 test certificates. The suspects appeared before the Entebbe Chief Magistrate Juliet Nakitende, Phionah Birungi and Naume Sikhoyi following their arrest by Aviation police between October 18th and 21st …

✳ DAY 1 – Stronger Together? Why and How the COVID-19 Pandemic Should Help Us Re-Imagine Subsidiarity and Solidarity for a Better World Oct 18 ✳ DAY 2 – Women and Power; Reshaping of Foreign Policy Oct 21 ✳ DAY 3 –  Geopolitics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Oct 23 ✳ …

THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | I woke up yesterday morning only to hear that the deputy head of the Uganda Media Centre Col. Shaban Bantariza is dead. The news struck me like a thunderbolt partly part because I least expected it but largely because Bantariza was not …