Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Works and Transport General Katumba Wamala has raised concern about the growing rate of community transmission of COVID-19, and said government could be forced into another lock-down of public transport. “Fellow Ugandans, it has come to my attention that some taxi …
Read More »Japan’s Nishikori tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of U.S. Open
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Japanese tennis player and former U.S. Open runner-up Kei Nishikori said Sunday he has contracted COVID-19 and has withdrawn from the Western & Southern Open that starts next week. “I have some unfortunate news,” Nishikori said through social media. “This morning while still in Florida, …
Read More »Trump pushes to reopen school despite severe COVID-19 situation
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump has again pushed for schools to reopen despite the severe COVID-19 pandemic across the country, according to The Guardian newspaper. “We got to open up our schools and open our businesses,” Trump said on Wednesday. “Children often have only mild symptoms, …
Read More »Kadaga leads charge for global women economic empowerment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has noted that gender equality is a key driver of resilience to challenges like the COVID-19 Pandemic that has ravaged the world. She was speaking on Monday during a virtual meeting platform of the 13th Summit of Women Speakers of …
Read More »Egypt reports 139 new COVID-19 cases, 96,475 in total
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Egypt confirmed on Sunday 139 new COVID-19 infections and 19 deaths, raising the total cases registered in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic to 96,475 and the death toll to 5,160, said the Egyptian Health Ministry. Meanwhile, 908 coronavirus patients were cured and …
Read More »New Zealand election to be delayed to Oct. 17 due to COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed on Monday that the general election will be held on Oct. 17, four weeks after Sept. 19 when the poll was originally scheduled for. “The Electoral Commission, via the Ministry of Justice, has advised me that a safe …
Read More »Central America battling poverty, weak health systems during COVID-19 pandemic, say experts
Mexico City, Mexico | XINHUA | The COVID-19 pandemic has increased poverty, expanded the size of the informal economy, and threatened the weak health systems of some countries in Central America, experts have said. According to the Inter-American Development Bank, 274,000 formal jobs could be lost in Guatemala, 130,000 in …
Read More »Security committee halts relief food distribution to teachers in Kitgum
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district security committee has stopped the distribution of food relief to private school teachers in the district by a group named Food for Teachers. The group had launched a fundraising drive to support teachers in 30 private schools and tertiary institutions in Kitgum …
Read More »Private providers want to be intergrated in COVID-19 care
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private healthcare providers are calling for the establishment of a health sector commission to coordinate different entities in times of emergencies like the current COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Ian Clarke, the chairman of the Uganda Healthcare Federation; an organization that brings together private health facilities …
Read More »Arua district struggles to manage children in quarantine centres
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Arua district COVID-19 taskforce are struggling to manage more than 20 children whose mothers are isolated at Arua Prison Primary School quarantine centre. Norman Cwinyai, the team leader of the COVID-19 surveillance and laboratory services team in Arua said that up …
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