Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Ministry of Health has said COVID-19 patients considering home care must have separate rooms, where they can be isolated from other members of the house hold. The guidelines issued by the health ministry will apply to asymptomatic patients or cases that have mild …

Kapchorwa, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Health Workers designated to Manage COVID-19 cases at Kapchorwa General Hospital have worked for five months without pay.  The health workers who include the nurses, doctors, cleaners and the burial teams last received their allowances in April and since then, the authorities have promised …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda has recorded a reduction in deaths resulting from accidents, robberies and attacks, a trend attributed to the nighttime curfew, imposed at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown. The country has been under nighttime curfew since March 2020, when the lockdowns were announced, first …

  Washington, US | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump will stay at a military hospital for the next few days after testing positive for COVID-19, the White House said on Friday. In a statement, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Trump, who has mild symptoms, remains in good …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kitgum District health department has run out of personal protective equipment- PPE to aid health workers in the collection of samples from suspected COVID-19 patients. Simon Knox Okongo, the District Surveillance Focal Point Person revealed during a task force meeting on Friday that lack …

Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | President Donald Trump who tested positive for COVID-19 and has some symptoms according to his medical team, is right now being taken to Walter Reed Military Medical Center as a ‘precautionary measure’. Trump is reportedly fatigued, and is being flown out from the White House. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Preliminary results of an investigation launched by the health ministry show that majority of health workers that have been infected with COVID were exposed to the disease from within communities. Up to 530 health workers have been infected with COVID-19, six of them succumbing …

BERLIN,  German | XINHUA |   Germany’s Champions League participants fear facing a challenging 2020/2021 season due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “In fact, we’re still waiting for legal guidelines to run the games,” Dortmund’s sports director Michael Zorc complained. It must be safe to play domestic league games …

ACCRA,  GHANA | XINHUA |    Ahead of the resumption of continental competitions, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has arranged an online workshop on club licensing and stadia to discuss with stakeholders the key elements in the organization of the game. CAF Deputy General Secretary Anthony Baffoe described the workshop …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s banking sector is appealing to the global lending community to come to the rescue of Uganda’s economy where the local lenders are finding it hard to reach in the quest to revive the economy.  The commercial banks admit that some sectors of the economy …