COVID-19 Updates

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | World Bank in its new report has urged Uganda to promote green growth to beat the economic vulnerabilities caused by the devastating impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The bank in its 17th Uganda Economic Update, published on Tuesday, said lockdown measures pushed many businesses …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Hoima city Covid-19 taskforce committee is investigating allegations of extortion against the burial teams in the area. Hoima Resident City Commissioner Samuel Kisembo Araali says that members of the burial team attached to Hoima Regional Referral Hospital have reportedly been charging between 300,000 and …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in greater Arua and West Nile have been warned against acts of extortion as they prepare to enforce presidential directives for curbing Covid-19 infections, starting Thursday this week. President Museveni on Sunday ordered the immediate closure of schools, worship places, bars, restricting movement within …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has lifted the curfew to enable buses and taxi to travel late and ferry stranded students from Kampala. Additional transport means are now also being considered, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health Diana Atwine has announced. Hundreds of people are still stuck in various …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has sounded a warning that members of the public who will fail to adhere to the set of guidelines by President Museveni will risk facing dire consequences this time. Addressing journalists, police spokesperson Fred Enanga said commanders have been directed by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five herbal therapeutics have been developed by the Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute to assist in the treatment and management of COVID-19 in Uganda. The products include; Warbugia Ugandensis, Cypress oil, Cypress herbal tea, propolis tincture and propolis throat spray. Another product that has been developed …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Francis Edulu, a pastor from Abaango village in Soroti district has been intercepted by security officers after he was found preaching in public after testing positive for COVID-19. Edulu had been placed under home-based care management which required him to remain in quarantine at home …

Due to shortage, remaining doses to be used for priority groups like health workers and the elderly  ✅ 748,676 vaccinated ✅ 964,000 doses received ✅ 475,000 doses expected Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Uganda has suspended mass vaccination against COVID-19 as the country waits to receive more vaccines from different sources, an official …

Brussels, Belgium | XINHUA |  The European Commission is engaged in negotiations with third countries, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, on the mutual recognition of vaccine certificates, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said here on Monday. At a press conference following a meeting for the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With the second school closure effected, parents are currently flocking to the country’s different schools and educational institutions to collect their children. This comes hours after a presidential directive ordering the closure of all schools for 42 days as one of the measures in …