Epidemics Tracker

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lockdown has been a success in reducing the number of Covid-19 infections in the country. This is according to the Ministry of Health. Last month, President Museveni announced several measures including the closure of schools, suspension of religious gatherings and transport between districts, for …

Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The French Government has donated to Uganda an assortment of personal protective equipment, testing kits and respirators to boost the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation worth about €2.7 million (Shs 10.8bn) includes 1,000,000 FFP2 masks, 54,600 antigen testing kits and nine …

Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Tanzania has received the first shipment of 1,058,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the US government. The vaccines delivered through the COVAX arrangement arrived at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salam on July 26 under the watchful eyes of Donald …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has accredited seven laboratories to test migrant workers for Covid-19. The selected laboratories are MBN Laboratory, MAIA Group labs, Makerere University hospital, Test and Fly and City Medicals Laboratory. Others are Same Day Lab and Safari Laboratory (at Entebbe Airport). Last …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders and educationists in Northern Uganda have called on government to vaccinate all teachers before institutions of learning are re-opened. In a meeting with the Parliamentary Taskforce committee on Covid-19, Lira district leaders said there were a lot of infections in schools which had …

Kasese OPM relief deliveries: Could it be syndicated or associated crime? COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Last week Uganda’s new Prime Minister Robinah Nabanja had gone to Kasese for official duties that included officiating on the handover of relief supplies to flood victims. To her dismay the items procured by her …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania’s new position on containment of COVID-19 gains momentum tomorrow when President Samia Suluhu Hassan receives her first Coronavirus jab. It will mark the launch of the COVID-19 immunization campaign in Tanzania, a country that a few months questioned measures being taken worldwide to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Association of Prosecutors-UAP, an umbrella that brings together all the State Attorneys dealing in the criminal matters in the country wants to be given Covid-19 risk allowances. According to the press statement issued by the Secretary General of the Association Arthurton Kukundakwe and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni will address the nation at 8pm on Saturday on the status of the ongoing 42-day lockdown and measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic. He on July 18 reinstated  some of last year’s tough COVID-19 measures, including a lockdown. According to President Museveni, the …

Are private health facilities profiteering from pandemic? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The high cost of critical care has become a major issue since the Delta variant of the Coronavirus swept through Uganda leaving behind thousands of deaths and financially deprived families. When it hit, public hospitals where treatment …