Epidemics Tracker

Advocates of a dead year for schools are similar to the advocates of a continuous lockdown of the economy to defeat COVID-19 OPEN LETTER |  Ass. Prof Mesharch Katusiimeh Rwebiita |  Your Excellency, as government is mulling over the fate of education institutions in this COVID-19 new normal, a group is …

  Stats ahead of #Uganda’s 2021 elections ✳ 135 Districts ✳ 257 Counties ✳ 296 Constituencies ✳ 2,062 Sub Counties/TC/Mun ✳ 10,029 Parishes ✳ 68,733 Villages ✳ 34,344 Polling Stations ✳ 17,782,594 Registered Voters Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chairman of the Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) Justice Simon …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Four contacts of COVID-19 patients who escaped from Arua Prison Primary School institutional quarantine centre have been arrested. The four, who were quarantined together with 20 others, two weeks ago, took advantage of a heavy downpour and the subsequent power blackout between 7 and 10 …

Washington, United States | AFP | The United States on Monday withdrew emergency use authorizations for two antimalarial drugs favored by President Donald Trump to treat the new coronavirus, effectively shutting the door on the politically charged treatments. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) were authorized in March after they were found …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | While the British government insists it has been “guided by science” and has taken “the right decisions at the right time”, the toll of 42,000 coronavirus deaths has fuelled criticism. Here are some of the reasons offered to account for Europe’s heaviest official toll. – …

Amman, Jordan | AFP | UN agencies warned Monday that the coronavirus pandemic could lead to the deaths of an additional 51,000 under-fives in the Middle East and North Africa by the end of the year. The World Health Organisation and United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said the disruption of essential health and nutrition services …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The emergency response activities by the Gulu district COVID-19 taskforce are slowing down as a result of a shortage in motor vehicles for field operations. The task force that started its operations in March with 25 cars has remained with only five functional vehicles …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five COVID-19 positive patients have been admitted at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. Of the five, three were cargo truck drivers from Elegu One-Stop Border Post while the other two were traced community contacts identified by surveillance team from Adjumani district. Bishop Loum Janani, the …

🔺  9 new cases 🔺 Total confirmed cases 705 🔹 Total Deaths: 00 🔸Total Recoveries: 299 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. This brings the number of cases confirmed in Uganda to 705 as of June 14th. The new cases were …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Health workers at Lira Regional Referral Hospital on Saturday celebrated the recovery and discharge of all the 20 COVID-19 patients. The recovered patients are part of the 21 truck drivers who tested positive for the virus at Elegu Border and were admitted at the Hospital …