Epidemics Tracker

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district local government is yet to receive the 165 million Shillings COVID-19 funding money allocated to each district by the Ministry of Finance. The ministry released the money to districts in April to intensify the campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding was …

Uganda agricultural earnings ✳ Coffee March-$45.87million April-$36.928m ✳ Tea March-$5.15m April-$6.145 ✳ Maize 🌽 March-$10.23m April-$6.256m ✳ Fish 🐠 March-$14.98m April-$6.831m Finance Ministry measures Post-Covid19 ➡ Delay payment of Corporation tax for Corporations & SME’s ➡ Defer payment of PAYE by sectors affected ➡ Capitalization of UDC ( 100bn) ➡Capitalization …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A COVID-19 positive patient has escaped from Moroto Regional Referral Hospital. The female patient who is a Kenyan national was admitted at the hospital on June 2nd from Amudat where she tested positive for COVID-19. She allegedly escaped on Wednesday night. On the same …

Uganda agricultural earnings ✳ Coffee March-$45.87million April-$36.928m ✳ Tea March-$5.15m April-$6.145 ✳ Maize 🌽 March-$10.23m April-$6.256m ✳ Fish 🐠 March-$14.98m April-$6.831m Finance Ministry measures Post-Covid19 ➡ Delay payment of Corporation tax for Corporations & SME’s ➡ Defer payment of PAYE by sectors affected ➡ Capitalization of UDC ( 100bn) ➡Capitalization …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Gulu District Chairperson Martin Ojara Mapenduzi and the Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Maj. Santo Okot Lapolo have been quarantined for suspected Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). They are among scores of radio presenters and health workers who were placed under both self and institutional quarantine as possible …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that clinical trials of the drug hydroxychloroquine will resume as it searches for potential coronavirus treatments. On May 25, the WHO announced it had temporarily suspended the trials to conduct a safety review, which has now concluded there is “no reason” to change the …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The Red Cross and the UN urged countries Wednesday to avoid trying to secure future immunisation jabs against the coronavirus for their populations only, calling for a true “people’s vaccine”. The groups spoke out as scientists race to identify and test possible vaccines for COVID-19, which …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Angaya health centre III in Unyama sub-county, Gulu district is temporarily closed and its staff quarantined. The move came shortly after a 72-year-old woman who visited the facility later tested positive for COVID-19. The woman allegedly picked the infection from her son she visited …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been quarantined at Hoima School of Nursing and Midwifery in Hoima district. The four are said to have entered the country through the porous border points of Lake Albert on May 30, 2020. they were sighted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have intercepted a COVID-19 positive truck driver in Kampala. The driver of the Fuso truck registration number UAR 119G was intercepted at Kobil fuel station near Bat Valley causing panic and fear among nearby traders and pump attendants. He tested positive at …