Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two teachers of Arua Prisons Primary School have been evicted from their houses to pave way for admission of two COVID-19 contacts. The eviction was conducted on Monday by the Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Arua Sandra Ewacabo after the quarantine centre at the school …
Read More »Mbale hospital halts admission of Covid-19 patients citing lack of beds
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Regional Referral hospital has stopped admitting Covid-19 patients citing limited bed capacity. There are currently 16 Covid-19 patients in the isolation center at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital which has 10 beds. Dr. Emmanuel Tugaineyo Ituzo, the director Mbale Regional Referral Hospital says they …
Read More »COVID-19 positive Tanzanian escapes from isolation centre in Kyotera
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials in Kasensero town council in Kyotera district have launched a manhunt for a Tanzanian national who escaped from isolation after testing positive for coronavirus disease last week. The Tanzanian national had temporarily been isolated at an undisclosed facility as health workers waited …
Read More »Uganda to use blood plasma of recovered patients for COVID-19 treatment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists in Uganda want to use convalescent plasma from healed patients to treat COVID-19 patients. Convalescent plasma is blood from people who’ve recovered. The plasma is picked from someone who has healed and administered to a patient, the antibodies in the plasma help fight …
Read More »Trust, caution vital as travel restrictions start to ease– WTO
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries are cautiously starting to ease travel restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 according to research published by the World Tourism Organization. The details are published in the fourth edition of the agency’s report series titled COVID-19 Travel Restrictions; …
Read More »“The threat of fake news during a pandemic”
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ICT Ministry together with Ministry of Heath, The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and UBC TV, will on Saturday host a webinar on how to combat misinformation. The theme of the webinar is “The Threat of Fake News During a Pandemic” “The abundance of misinformation swirling around COVID-19 …
Read More »Soroti hospital receives seven cases of COVID-19
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven people have tested positive to Covid-19 at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. This brings the number of COVID-19 patients at the hospital to eleven. The new cases are contacts of the first two businessmen from Bukedea and Soroti. The index cases in Teso have been …
Read More »Plan to open Schools, Churches and Mosques delayed
MEASURES CONFIRMED ✳ June 4 – Resumption of public transport ✳ June 4 – Shopping malls to open ✳ Candidate class schools reopening plan postponed by a month ✳ Decision on Churches, Mosques delayed ✳ Decision on sports delayed Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has delayed a …
Read More »Coronavirus is losing potency, Italian doctor says
Top Italian doctor’s claim virus ‘no longer exists’ sparks row Rome, Italy | AFP | A claim by a leading Italian doctor that the new coronavirus “no longer exists” in the country sparked a furore Monday, with the government urging caution. Italy is preparing this week for the next big …
Read More »LIVE: Museveni’s 15th address on COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda is likely to lose $1.6 billion in expected revenue from tourism as a result of COVID-19 and most of the annual $1.3bn expected in remittances from the diaspora. He also said that the “lock-down cannot and should not continue indefinitely. …
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