Tag Archives: COVID-19

  Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   One year since world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge ran a tantalizing INEOS 1:59 Challenge, finishing the race in 2:00:25 seconds, the Kenyan star says he expects a fast London Marathon race against his main challenger, Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele on Sunday. On Sunday, Kipchoge …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday hailed declining COVID-19 positive cases in Africa but stressed the need to strengthen containment measures amid risk of a second wave in the continent. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional director for Africa, said the continent has escaped an implosion …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want the government and the National COVID-19 task force to provide accountability for all donations received from well-wishers to mitigate the effects of coronavirus disease. The total donations to the COVID-19 taskforce were valued at 28 billion Shillings by May …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The sole isolation centre in the Moroto district has been closed following plans by the government to reopen schools. The isolation centre had been hosted in Nadunget Senior Secondary School. The centre was officially closed on Thursday and all suspected cases advised to self-isolate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have so far been transfused using convalescent plasma as a treatment for coronavirus disease or COVID-19. This treatment being tried in a number of countries around the world involves the use of antibody-rich blood from recovered patients to intravenously treat those that …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has discredited the idea of asking parents to conduct a homeschooling program with their children saying that such policymakers are totally detached from the reality about the status of Uganda’s homesteads. Schools across the country were closed in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A proposal by Parliament calling for COVID-19 mass testing has been rejected by the government after the Minister of State for Planning David Bahati said that this was not possible currently. Dokolo Woman MP Cecilia Atim Ogwal had appealed that the government carries out mass …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund forecasts it will pay members less than 10 percent interest down from the double-digit interest rate that it has paid over the last several years after their operations were adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The final interest rate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of education and sports says that no learner or teacher will at any time be allowed to use general public transport including taxis, vans and boda bodas when schools reopen for finalists who are scheduled to report to their respective schools on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been put among the top 19 countries to suppress SARS COV 2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease or COVID-19. In its report submitted to the United Nations, the Lancet Medical Journal ranked 91 countries around the world based on the incidence or …