Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) has called on politicians to take politics out of the Covid-19 pandemic and get serious about fighting it, if they are to prove their worth of being leaders. PSFU executive director Gideon Badagawa is particularly angered that the politicians …
Read More »UIA forms team to monitor COVID-19 SOPs in industrial parks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Investment Authority has formed a special task force to monitor COVID-19 standard operating procedures within factories at Namanve and Mbalala industrial park. The task force will be operating under the Mukono district task force to ensure implementation of spacing guidelines within working areas, …
Read More »Health ministry changes COVID-19 testing protocols
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has changed its COVID-19 testing protocols to prioritize symptomatic patients admitted in the hospitals. Previously, the same emphasis was put for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. But now, the health ministry wants to make sure that tests for patients with …
Read More »Pader, Kitgum Covid-19 frontline health workers go four months without pay
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Workers at the forefront in the fight against COVID-19 fight in Pader and Kitgum districts have not been paid their allowances for more than three months. The health workers comprise of laboratory specialists, clinical officers and nurses under case management committees tasked with …
Read More »UK gives Uganda Shs6billion to support COVID-19 activities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UK government has allocated 1.3million euros (about she 6.1billion) to Uganda to support the Coronavirus (COVID-19) response. According to a statement released on Thursday, the money goes to the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration with specific roles attached to …
Read More »Health ministry says 50 journalists tested positive for COVID-19
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has revealed that atleast 50 journalists in Uganda have tested positive of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). According to Ministry of Health statistics, 9082 persons have tested positive and 84 died of COVID-19 in Uganda. Speaking to journalists at a Virtual Media …
Read More »Italy reimposes anti-COVID-19 restrictions, extends state of emergency until Jan. 31
Rome, Italy | XINHUA | Strict anti-COVID-19 measures including the mandatory use of face masks everywhere will be reintroduced in Italy, starting on Thursday, in an effort to curb a rising trend in infections registered in the latest weeks. The decision was announced on Wednesday by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, …
Read More »Six more inmates in Rubanda prison test positive for Covid19
Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six more inmates in Rubanda government prison in Rubanda district have tested positive for Covid19. This comes days after another inmate at the same facility tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The Rubanda District Health Officer, Dr. Abdon Birungi, says that after registering the …
Read More »France’s Macron mulling more anti-coronavirus restrictions as infections hit all-time high
Paris, France | XINHUA | French President Emmanuel Macron is mulling more restrictions to contain the coronavirus epidemic as the country recorded nearly 19,000 new infections on Wednesday, an all-time high for new daily cases. “The epidemic continues to increase. The virus continues to circulate rapidly for several weeks,” Macron …
Read More »Eight more Bugweri district staff test positive for Covid19
Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight staff of Bugweri district local government have tested positive for Covid19 following the mandatory testing exercise conducted last week. The district decided to conduct the mandatory Covid19 testing after a staff attached to the office of the Chief Administrative Office-CAO positive. The eight …
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