Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has sent out 18 ambulances to offer emergency health response to the residents across the greater Kampala area. The ambulances will offer health evacuation to both suspects and patients of COVID-19 and any other health condition. This comes in the aftermath …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of NRM Members of Parliament have petitioned the Office of the Prime Minister over the high cost of accessing health services for the treatment of the COVID-19 patients. This follows reports that the daily rate for patients that are critically ill and require …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in Parliament has called for a revision of the 2021-2022 financial year budget to cater for the COVID-19 crisis that has hit the country. The call was made during a press conference jointly addressed by the Leader of Opposition Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, and …
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Anirban Mitra, a molecular biologist, explains why dead bodies can’t spread COVID-19 ANALYSIS | By Agencies | Here is a short, analogy-based summary of how the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19 disease infects the body and why funerals —if done with prescribed guidelines — are nothing to be alarmed about. …
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Busia health workers want special allowances from the government because they are battling with the life of COVID-19 patients admitted in severe condition amidst challenges of lack of Personal Protective Equipment. Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers in Busia district want the government to give them risk allowances as …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese district Covid-19 task force has directed that all burial ceremonies in the district take place before mid-day. This follows an upsurge of Covid-19 cases in the district as the country battles the second wave of the pandemic. Kasese district has recorded more than 160 …
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Can we defeat the virus again? COVER STORY | Ronald Musoke | Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health designate believes despite the current wave of deaths from the second wave, Uganda can defeat the COVID-19 pandemic as it did in the first wave – but it will require determined …
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Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients who had been admitted at Kagadi General Hospital have started deserting the facility in fear of contracting the deadly COVID-19. A visit by Uganda Radio Network on Saturday at the facility discovered that most of the beds that had been occupied by patients …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of health has urged COVID-19 patients to stop using (commercially acquired) Oxygen at home as this endangers them. In a statement released on Friday, the ministry asked people to seek care in hospitals instead of home since they can easily be managed …
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✳ Private and public transport suspended for 42 days. ✳ Cargo trucks and pickups allowed to travel within and cross districts. Shouldn’t have more than 2 people. ✳ Public and private vehicles only allowed to move if they’re transporting the sick. ✳ Boda bodas allowed to carry only cargo. ✳ Registered tourist vehicles allowed …
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