Tag Archives: COVID-19

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu regional referral hospital is seeking Shillings 260 million to settle a debt resulting from the supply of food for Covid-19 patients. Dr. James Elima, the director Gulu regional referral hospital says they haven’t paid food suppliers for four months. He says the situation has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the number of positive COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country with many positives being stuck in their homes, the health ministry is finalizing the guidelines that people in homes must follow in handling Covid patients. The need for guidelines comes as over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 114 Ugandans who were listed to be repatriated from Rwanda during the last batch of the exercise turned down the offer. The government a week ago started repatriating Ugandans who got stuck in Rwanda after the closure of borders which was declared in March …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities from the health and education ministries are advising parents to enroll their children in schools near their homes to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 as they go to school. The advice comes a few days after President Yoweri Museveni gave a green …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Minister of Education and Sports to immediately provide a clear plan of re-opening schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The directive followed a statement by the Minister of State for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo about …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the U.S. hitting 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 “a shame,” alleging that things could have been worse. “I think it’s a shame,” Trump told reporters at the White House, while seeking to defend his administration’s response to the pandemic. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is growing uncertainty around the funds that were put in place to help private teachers to cope with the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown. The government announced two months ago that it was setting aside a revolving fund of 22 billion Shillings to …

UPDATE 🔺 September 23rd – new COVID-19 cases 167 🔺 Total confirmed cases 6,879. 🔹 Total Deaths: 69 🔸Total Recoveries: 2,961 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has today announced 167 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda. This brings the cumulative number of reported cases in the country to 6,879. According to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic led to the highest rates of environmental degradation in some parts of the country as people sought for alternative economic activities to survive the lockdown. Reports have shown that people who were in formal employment like teachers resorted to dealing in …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The UN children’s fund UNICEF on Tuesday called on governments across Eastern and Southern Africa to urgently and safely reopen schools, as the costs of continued school closures escalate across the region. According to UNICEF, only 13 out of 21 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa …