Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kanungu, Uganda | XINHUA | As the world grapples with COVID-19, conservationists in Africa are striving to contain rising wildlife poaching, which has been worsened by the pandemic. When the pandemic hit the continent about seven months ago, many countries closed their borders and limited domestic movement. This brought the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private health workers want the health ministry to carry out more COVID-19 infection, prevention and control training sessions as the number of positive cases increases. According to health workers in private health facilities, the training that has been carried out by the health ministry …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Quarantine centres are set to close after people who returned from abroad before October 1st, completed their required 14-day stay. The Ministry’s senior Public Relations Officer Emmanuel Ainebyoona said everyone that is coming into the country will now be required to present COVID-19 negative …

New York, US | XINHUA | Wall Street’s major averages climbed modestly in the week as investors focused on news about U.S. President Donald Trump’s positive test for COVID-19 as well as updates of a fresh round of U.S. fiscal stimulus. For the week ending Friday, the Dow added 1.9 percent, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want the 70-person limit on congregations in places of worship to be increased according to the size of the churches and mosques. According to Busia Municipality MP Hon. Geoffrey Macho, the ability by places of worship to observe standard operating procedures and …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump, who’s staying at a military hospital for COVID-19 treatment, said Saturday he is feeling “much better” while calling the comings days “real test” for his condition. “I came here, wasn’t feeling so well. I feel much better now, we’re working hard to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy, government has been urged to pay examinations fees for finalists in primary and secondary schools. Bugabula South MP, Maurice Kibalya urged government to intervene in the plight of parents and students and meet the examination …

WASHINGTON, USA | XINHUA |   The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines available should go to workers on the frontlines, according to a report released Friday amid the ethical debate over who should get vaccinated first. The report, commissioned by the U.S. government and published by the non-profit National Academies of …

Tehran, Iran | XINHUA |   Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday announced the resolve of country’s authorities for implementation of strict measures to deal with the resurgence and spread of COVID-19, state TV reported. Rouhani said that all the servants in the state institutions and private businesses have to observe …

London, England | XINHUA |    A total of 770 students have tested positive for coronavirus in a British university in one of the major outbreaks in Britain since the reopening of the campuses in September, a university spokesperson said Friday. The spokesperson for Northumbria University, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, …