COVID-19 Updates

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police Force headquarters and the National Closed Circuit Television – CCTV command centre all in Naguru have been closed as a measure to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The closure comes after police’s Chief Political Commissar, AIGP Asan Kasingye tested …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  At least 21 staff at the Ministry of Finance and six from Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the cases grow among different private and public agencies. Finance staff under-went mandatory COVID-19 test on August 19. Test results, according …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The medical surveillance team in Mukono has failed to trace four of the people who tested positive to COVID-19 patients in the district.  At least five COVID-19 cases were recorded in the area, from tests that were conducted between Thursday and Saturday by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 21 staff at the Ministry of Finance and six from Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the cases grow among different private and public agencies. Finance staff under-went mandatory COVID-19 test on August 19. Test results, …

  . Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | The new COVID-19  treatment facility at Namboole Stadium is expected to open next week. Dr Charles Olaro, the Director of Clinical Services in the Ministry of Health has told URN that the 1200 bed capacity facility has been finalised. Olaro says  that the …

56 Arrested in Kampala Sunday Night Operations Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 56 people were arrested in parts of Kampala during operations against person violators of COVID-19 guidelines last night. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire said 49 of these were arrested from Nomads Bar in Kabalagala. …

Washington, US | XINHUA |  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) on Sunday for investigational convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients. It is part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to fight COVID-19. Based on scientific evidence available, the FDA …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Stronger China-Africa ties are key to the post-COVID-19 economic recovery of the African continent, a Kenyan scholar said on Sunday. Peter Kagwanja CEO, Africa Policy Institute, a regional think tank, said in a commentary published in the Sunday Nation that as the global COVID-19 crisis …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi district COVID-19 taskforce chairperson has directed that all journalists in the district undergo a mandatory testing for the virus. According to the recent results released from Ministry of Health, two people have been confirmed positive to COVID-19 in Bushenyi and were reported as …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gizamba, aged 49 and a pastor at the Community corner stone church in Nkoma ward, Northern division in Mbale city died on Wednesday at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital. According to Dr. Emmanuel Tugaineyo, the Mbale hospital director, the deceased’s samples were picked shortly after …