Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Aids Support Organization Gulu Regional Care Centre-TASO has enrolled back 200 people on treatment who had abandoned it due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Michael Ochwo, the centre manager for TASO Gulu says several persons living with HIV who could not afford transport at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kumi district authorities are struggling to trace the whereabouts of more than 700 girls who conceived during the COVID-19 lockdown. Sr. Suzan Okwakol, the Assistant District Health Officer who doubles as the in charge of Maternal and Child Health in Kumi says they registered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntungamo municipality health centre has been closed after one of the staff tested positive to coronavirus. The staff is a nurse and her first contact, her husband who works at the district local government also tested positive from the results that were released from …

Katakwi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Katakwi District has recorded 1,173 teenage pregnancies in the last seven months. This is part of the report compiled by the District Probation Report from various partners in different sub-counties and Katakwi General Hospital.   According to the report, Katakwi Town Council leads with 190 cases, …

United Nations, USA | XINHUA |   United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that international cooperation is the only way to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency. “International cooperation is the only way to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate emergency, rising inequality and the spreading of …

Canberra, Australia | XINHUA |    Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has welcomed the easing of strict coronavirus restrictions in the state of Victoria. Victoria, the hardest-hit state in the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, reported zero new confirmed cases on Tuesday, marking the first time the state has had no …

Tokyo, Japan | XINHUA |   Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday made a number of pledges during the delivery of his first policy speech in parliament since taking office last month, with one of his priorities being to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Japan to net zero by 2050. …

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | XINHUA |   Confirmed cases of COVID-19 kept rising in Asia-Pacific countries on Monday as Malaysia recorded the biggest daily jump of infections. Malaysia reported 1,240 new COVID-19 infections in the highest daily spike since the outbreak, bringing the national total to 27,805, the health ministry said …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ministry of Health-MOH has embarked on a survey to test people’s trust in government, risk perception and willingness to adhere to COVID-19 preventive measures. This comes in the wake of increased community infections and dwindling trust in interventions to stop COVID-19 transmissions. Dr. Arthur Kiconco, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health is yet to award a contract for the completion of the remodeling of the National Isolation Centre in Entebbe. The National Isolation centre located in Manyago, Entebbe Municipality was set up in 2009 to handle medical emergencies that require isolation such as …