Tag Archives: COVID-19

Tokyo, Japan | XINHUA |   The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s Cabinet dropped from last month when Suga took office after his predecessor Shinzo Abe stepped down for health reasons, a nationwide poll showed on Monday. According to the survey conducted by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK between …

Rubanda, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Rubanda district local government has asked majority of the staff working at the headquarters to stay home following the outbreak of COVID-19 at Rubanda district government prison.  The district COVID-19 taskforce confirmed the first inmate with COVID-19 positive case in Rubanda district government prisons …

WASHINGTON, USA | XINHUA |   White House physician Sean Conley said on Monday that President Donald Trump has tested negative for COVID-19, 12 days after the president tested positive with the virus. Trump has tested negative “on consecutive days” and is “not infectious to others,” according to a memo from …

Kalangala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Several passengers are getting stranded after management of MV Kalangala  restricted the number the vessel carries to 50 per voyage as they observe the Standard Operating Procedures – SOPs due to the COVID-19. But the Kalangala District Chairperson, Willy Lugoloobi says a solution should …

Pader, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Several private and government-aided schools in Pader and Kitgum districts have opted for credit to purchase essential equipment to meet requirements for the impending re-opening. Educational institutions will be opened this week, Thursday, for candidates and finalists after more than seven months of inactivity.  …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The question on how to effectively handle persons that develop a mental illness in the management of COVID-19, remains largely ignored, even as the Ministry of Health (MOH) adjusts its treatment protocols.  New homecare guidelines by the Ministry of Health allow persons with mild …

Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Police in Kabale in partnership with the management of Kabale Taxi Park have arrested 12 taxi brokers from Kabale town for defying the guidelines put in place by the government to combat the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The suspects were picked from Kabale …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Police is restoring Curfew checkpoints with effect from tonight at 2100 hours. Commissioner of Police Fred Enanga, the Force Spokesman Fred Enanga says all roadblocks and barriers on roads leading into (and out of) the city for the enforcement of the curfew are …

Masindi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Tension is high at Masindi Hospital as two Senior Health workers at the facility have tested Positive for COVID-19 alongside four other community members. The results of the two were released to the district Health officials by the Health ministry on Sunday evening. Dr …

Sweden gives Shs 14.8bn to vulnerable pregnant mothers impacted by COVID-19  Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Up to 56,000 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and children under the age of two, including refugees living in the West Nile region are set to receive emergency money in the coming weeks, thanks to …