Epidemics Tracker

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Resident Commissioner, Maj Santo Okot Lapolo has disagreed with the Management of Gulu College of Health Sciences over the relocation of COVID-19 patients. The college with over 900 students operates two campuses; one is adjacent to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital and another at …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   India’s COVID-19 tally is steeply rising, surpassing 6 million on Monday, while the country’s Health Minister Harsh Vardhan pinned hopes on the development of the first vaccine by early next year. “Research to develop a vaccine is being done expeditiously. There are at least three …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday hailed declining COVID-19 positive cases in Africa but stressed the need to strengthen containment measures amid risk of a second wave in the continent. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional director for Africa, said the continent has escaped an implosion …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want the government and the National COVID-19 task force to provide accountability for all donations received from well-wishers to mitigate the effects of coronavirus disease. The total donations to the COVID-19 taskforce were valued at 28 billion Shillings by May …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The sole isolation centre in the Moroto district has been closed following plans by the government to reopen schools. The isolation centre had been hosted in Nadunget Senior Secondary School. The centre was officially closed on Thursday and all suspected cases advised to self-isolate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have so far been transfused using convalescent plasma as a treatment for coronavirus disease or COVID-19. This treatment being tried in a number of countries around the world involves the use of antibody-rich blood from recovered patients to intravenously treat those that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A proposal by Parliament calling for COVID-19 mass testing has been rejected by the government after the Minister of State for Planning David Bahati said that this was not possible currently. Dokolo Woman MP Cecilia Atim Ogwal had appealed that the government carries out mass …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been put among the top 19 countries to suppress SARS COV 2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease or COVID-19. In its report submitted to the United Nations, the Lancet Medical Journal ranked 91 countries around the world based on the incidence or …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu regional referral hospital is seeking Shillings 260 million to settle a debt resulting from the supply of food for Covid-19 patients. Dr. James Elima, the director Gulu regional referral hospital says they haven’t paid food suppliers for four months. He says the situation has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rugby Africa, the administrative body of rugby unions in Africa has today concluded a COVID-19 relief campaign in which they have distributed aid worth EUR 170,000 from their solidarity fund to 31 rugby federations around the continent. Among the countries that have benefited include Uganda …