Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine contacts of a Congolese refugee who succumbed to COVID-19 in Kyangwali refugee settlement area, Kikuube district have been quarantined. The suspects include three health workers of Maratatu health center III who attended to the patient when he was admitted at the facility and …
Read More »Nakaseke bans patient visitors after 5th COVID-19 case
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakaseke District Task Force has restricted attendants to patients and banned visitors in hospital wards across the health centres to stop the spread of COVID-19. Nakaseke district registered a fifth COVID-19 case on Sunday after a health worker from Kiwoko hospital tested positive of …
Read More »Africa’s COVID-19 death toll passes 23,000 mark as total COVID-19 cases surpass 1.047 mln
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Monday revealed the death toll due to illnesses related to the COVID-19 pandemic rose to 23, 253. The continent-wide COVID-19 related death toll registered an increase of 287 deaths compared to Sunday’s 22,966 death …
Read More »All clear for Atletico after more tests reveal no COVID-19 cases
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Atletico Madrid have confirmed that a second round of tests carried out on Sunday, after two players had previously tested positive for COVID-19, show nobody else in the squad has been infected. The club informed that the two affected players are defender Sime Vrsaljko and …
Read More »Toyota Uganda staff under quarantine after 3 COVID-19 cases found
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Toyota Uganda has temporarily closed its Kampala branch at First Street, Industrial area after three of their staff tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement issued today by Mahmood Omar, the Managing Director, the branch will be temporarily closed effective today as additional steps, …
Read More »COVID-19: Probe finds Kenzo free to be discharged from quarantine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has discharged 78 returnees including top Ugandan top musician Edrisa Musuuza aka Eddy Kenzo from institutional quarantine. The group has been discharged from quarantine after testing negative twice for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). However, Kenzo’s discharge was only after a probe found …
Read More »Atletico Madrid announce two positives for COVID-19 on eve trip to Lisbon
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Atletico Madrid confirmed on Sunday evening that two members due to travel to Lisbon on Monday for the quarterfinals of the Champions League had tested positive for coronavirus. The club did not confirm whether the positives are among its players or technical staff in an official …
Read More »1,000 kgs of maize flour nears expiry as Kitgum quarantine centers remain vacant
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least one ton of maize flour donated to feed Covid-19 suspects in Kitgum district is nearing expiry due to absence of consumers in all designated quarantine centers. For a month now, Kitgum district hasn’t admitted any Covid-19 suspect in the quarantine at Kitgum …
Read More »Italy’s cabinet passes new 25-bln-euro stimulus package for COVID-19 recovery
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Italy’s cabinet on Friday gave green light to a new decree containing new supportive measures worth 25 billion euros (29.4 billion U.S. dollars) to address the COVID-19 emergency and encourage economic recovery. The decision on the extra spending had been taken by Prime Minister Giuseppe …
Read More »Trump still doesn’t understand severity of COVID-19 pandemic: CNN
Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump still has not understood the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic as shown during his meeting with the White House coronavirus task force, according to CNN on Thursday. Trump had a meeting in the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon, his first in-depth meeting …
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