Epidemics Tracker

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has cautioned COVID-19 testing facilities about the use of antigen COVID-19 Rapid Diagnostic Kits (RDTs) to screen asymptomatic patients. According to the health ministry, the RDTs should be used to test persons who have symptoms of COVID-19 because they have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Medical Stores (NMS) has appealed to members of Parliament to address a concern of conflict between the Ministry of Health and NDA on procurement of vaccines and other supplies. The NMS General Manager Moses Kamabare appeared before the 40-member Parliament Taskforce monitoring …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said that burial teams are not necessary when burying people who have succumbed to COVID-19. According to the health ministry officials, family members do not need to pay for burial teams because the bodies of the deceased are disinfected …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists have said it is too early for them to tell when Uganda will soon have its own COVID-19 vaccine, contradicting President Yoweri Museveni’s revelations earlier that Uganda will have its own vaccine soon. While speaking at the opening of the World Health Summit, Museveni …

  Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 36 health workers in Kagadi district have tested positive for the deadly COVID-19. The affected health workers are from Kagadi General Hospital, Kabugo and Muhorro health center IIIs. Many health facilities in the district are operating with inadequate or no PPEs, putting the lives …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A four-year-old boy in Pader district has succumbed to coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The minor reportedly died on Thursday night from their home in Lubiri village in Atanga sub-county. Kizito Omoya, the Pader district surveillance officer says the boy’s test result conducted using the Rapid Diagnostic …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers at Kitgum General Hospital are demanding their unpaid risk allowances for treating COVID-19 patients. The risk allowance was part of 31.4 Million Shillings that was disbursed by the Health and Finance Ministry in October last year to the district taskforce. According to the …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Union’s Digital COVID Certificate officially came into force on Thursday, allowing EU citizens and residents to have their pass issued and verified across the bloc. By Wednesday evening, 21 out of the 27 EU member states, as well as Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, were …

Uganda has remained consistent in curbing spread of the virus and through various interventions has kept the death toll very low. Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | New rankings by World Statistics website Worldometer have placed Uganda among the top countries that are managing the COVID-19 pandemic better globally. The country which is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Shadow cabinet has asked the Speaker of Parliament to resume sittings of plenary so that the emergencies of COVID-19 and interventions towards it can be debated by Parliament. Parliament is supposed to be under a two-week lockdown as a precaution against the COVID-19 pandemic, …