Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The Nepali government on Sunday confirmed record high deaths from COVID-19 and the record daily spike in cases in a single day. “A total of 14 persons died in the last 24 hours taking the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 221,” said …
Read More »Ghana to resume international flights amid COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced here on Sunday that the country is going to resume international flights on Sept.1 after a nearly five-month suspension. In the meantime, the West African country’s land and sea entry points would remain closed, the president said. Akufo-Addo …
Read More »Nutritionists seek guidelines on diets to beat COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been tasked to advise Ugandans on the most appropriate foods they should take to keep coronavirus diseases like COVID-19 at bay. David Kabanda, a lawyer working with the Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights, says that while it’s scientifically proven that …
Read More »Govt to charge UGX 240,000 for each COVID-19 test
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is going to start charging people and organisations to be tested for COVID-19 effective September 1, 2020. According to the health ministry, truck drivers, people in need of knowing their COVID-19 status, government and public organisations, Ugandans returning from abroad, visitors from other …
Read More »Uganda has fastest COVID rate in Africa
Fear rising of another lockdown COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has reported the highest percentage increase in the new coronavirus disease (COVID 19) in Africa, according to the Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) released on Aug.26. It is the second …
Read More »Stranded Ugandans abroad narrate hurdles in repatriation process
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Returnees who were stranded abroad following the outbreak of Covid-19 have decried the prolonged repatriation process. Since June, more than 4,600 Ugandans who got stuck overseas have so far arrived in the country from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, West …
Read More »MOH to accredit private health facilities to treat COVID-19 patients
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is to start accrediting private health facilities who want to treat COVID-19 patients. According to the ministry of health, over 100 private health facilities have shown interest in managing the patients. While some facilities have been accredited to collect samples …
Read More »PTC graduates ask gov’t to rethink teacher education in wake of Covid-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fresh graduates from Primary Teachers’ Colleges-PTCs have asked the Ministry of Education to rethink teacher education in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. They argue that they are not fully equipped to handle the teaching-learning process during and after COVID-19. Uganda closed all education …
Read More »Abe’s resignation adds further uncertainty to Japan’s economic recovery
Tokyo, Japan | XINHUA | Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday announced his resignation over health issues, catching the country by surprise and sending two major stock indexes tumbling in Tokyo. Japan’s economy is already in deep recession amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the sudden resignation of the prime …
Read More »Fate of schools, churches to be decided
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni will on Tuesday meet the National Covid-19 taskforce to decide on the fate of schools, places of worship and other businesses that are still under lockdown. This was disclosed by President Yoweri Museveni during yesterday’s national prayers at State House Nakasero on …
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