Museveni clarifies ✳ Measures related to public transport to start June 4th ✳ Measures related to shops, hotels to start May 26th ✳ Measures related to private transport to start May 26 ✳ Measures related to education to be confirmed on June 4th Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President …
Read More »Museveni back on TV tonight!
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni will be back on air today to clarify on the measures he announced related to the COVID-19 lock-down yesterday. “After receiving lots of feedback from the public on his address last evening, President Museveni will today, at 8pm, hold …
Read More »Young Tunisians eat in secret despite Ramadan and lockdown
Nicosia, Cyprus | AFP | Hiding snacks under their beds or behind piles of clothes, young Tunisians are finding ways to subvert the Ramadan fast — despite being locked down with their Muslim conservative parents. The generation gap in religious observance is not new but it took on a new dimension …
Read More »Scientists in China believe new drug can stop pandemic ‘without vaccine’
Beijing, China | AFP | A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines. A drug …
Read More »Majority of world still at risk of coronavirus disease – WHO
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The majority of the world’s the population remains susceptible to COVID-19, even as countries have started easing restrictions which were initially put in place to tame the virus. Addressing the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States attending the 73rd session of the World Health Assembly …
Read More »Virus pushes science and its controversies centre stage
Paris, France | AFP | Hydroxychloroquine, double-blind studies, convalescent plasma, herd immunity — the coronavirus pandemic has thrust the language of science into public view as never before. Having escaped the confines of the laboratory, these and other once-obscure terms are fast becoming part of household parlance. But familiarity with the …
Read More »UGANDA: 12 new cases, 34 truck drivers sent back at border
UPDATE UGANDA 🔸 12 new cases (UG truck drivers) 🔸 32 not allowed into country ✳ 73,904 Overall tests done ✳ 260 Total Confirmed cases ✳ 63 Recoveries ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has blocked 32 truck drivers from neighboring countries from crossing the border after …
Read More »Free masks as Museveni eases lock-down
NEW MEASURES ✳ 1. Shops selling general merchandize will open provided they are not in the shopping malls, shopping arcades and food markets. ✳ 2. The heroic market women that have slept in the work places for all these days, will be allowed to go home and come back to work daily …
Read More »LIVE: 14th Presidential Address on COVID-19
NEW MEASURES ✳ 1. Shops selling general merchandize will open provided they are not in the shopping malls, shopping arcades and food markets. ✳ 2. The heroic market women that have slept in the work places for all these days, will be allowed to go home and come back to work daily …
Read More »COVID-19 fund request draws backlash from employees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A move by the National COVID-19 Response Fund to solicit money from salaried employees has attracted a backlash from Ugandan employees. Many of them are accusing the government of being insensitive to the agony brought about by the outbreak of coronavirus disease. The comments …
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