Epidemics Tracker

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two COVID-19 suspects who were under quarantine at Pandwong Health Center III in Kitgum Municipality fled for their dear lives into the community following the frightening sound of gunshots within the health facility,  on Saturday evening. It’s reported that a police officer who was guarding …

ROME, Italy | XINHUA | Ilaria Cappuccioni was so enthusiastic about marrying her boyfriend, Sonny Casimirri, that she was the one to pop the question. The couple was originally scheduled to be married next week, but as Italy emerges from the coronavirus pandemic they decided to delay the ceremony until …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Refugees in the West Nile have demanded the establishment of institutional quarantine centers in the camps. Currently, persons who are suspected to have COVID-19 are taken to quarantine centres in Arua, far away from the camps. COVID 19 suspects in the camps in Madi …

🔺  8 new cases 🔺 Total confirmed cases 763 🔹 Total Deaths: 00 🔸Total Recoveries: 492 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. This brings the number of cases confirmed in Uganda to 763 as of June 20th. The new cases were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng is optimistic that the world will have a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year. The are hundreds of projects around the world which are centered at finding a possible vaccine to protect people before they’re exposed to …

NAIROBI, Kenya | XINHUA | Living in Mathare, one of the largest slums in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Newton Omondi knows that he needs to maintain social distancing, wear a face mask and wash his hands regularly to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, adhering to these measures has been a …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is seeking for a mini clinical laboratory and new incinerator for disposing of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) healthcare waste. Some of the infectious waste include used face masks; syringes, hand gloves, blades, medicinal wastes, and other associated wastes arising from services produced …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The world is entering a new and dangerous phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, as infection rates continue to climb, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.   More than 150,000 new cases of the disease were reported on Thursday, the highest single daily total so far, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has not provided any funding to facilitate the activities of the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The matter was brought to the attention of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday by the Director of the …

*The writer is the Country Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Uganda. The column is written on behalf of 34 agencies participating in the UN-led joint appeal against the impacts of COVID-19 in Uganda COMMENT | El-Khidir Daloum | WFP | One sunny day in June 2019, in …