TOURISM: ‘Uganda cannot just sit back and wait for the crisis to be over’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | If the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t happen this year, this was supposed to be a “super year” for Uganda’s tourism industry. “By November, last year, we already knew that we would …
Read More »NRM delegates defy COVID-19 guidelines in Acholi campaign
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga and National Resistance Movement-NRM party delegates in Acholi defied the Ministry of Health`s guidelines on the control of COVID-19 campaigns during campaigns for the Central Executive Committee-CEC positions. Kadaga who is seeking to retain her seat as the National Female …
Read More »COVID-19 cases in Philippines top 100,000 with record-high 5,032 new cases
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 103,185 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported a record-high 5,032 new cases on Sunday, making a record daily increase for the fourth consecutive day. The DOH reported 3,954 new cases on Thursday, 4,063 …
Read More »Pastors arrested in Mbarara for defying COVID-19 guidelines
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbarara have arrested two pastors of Source of Healing Church for conducting a church service contrary to the COVID-19 guidelines. Following the confirmation of COVID19 cases in Uganda, President, Yoweri Museveni ordered all places of worship closed to ensure social distancing to avoid …
Read More »More children likely to suffer from malnutrition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More children under the age of five are likely to suffer from wasting and become dangerously undernourished. Wasting is a life-threatening form of malnutrition which makes children too thin and weak and puts them at greater risk of dying poor due to growth, development, …
Read More »Entebbe hospital reopens maternity ward to handle pregnant returnees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has reopened the maternity ward to handle pregnant Ugandans and legal residents returning from abroad. In March, the ward was closed to the public just like other departments such as dental, surgery, outpatients to enable the facility to effectively manage …
Read More »NABAKOOBA: Wearing of masks to be mandatory
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of Information and National Guidance, Judith Nabakooba has announced that wearing of masks while in public will now be mandatory. Nabakooba said government will start enforcing it now that the Ministry of Health has started to distribute masks in the districts of Kampala, Wakso and Mukono. …
Read More »Mukono RDC faulted for allowing gatherings by NRM party aspirants
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Resident District Commissioner Mukono has been accused of authorizing NRM party aspirants to gather against those of the opposition. Several NRM party aspirants for different positions have held meetings without any interruption from security personnel. Some of the meetings flout the COVID-19 guidelines …
Read More »Rwandan airports reopen to travellers after over 4-month suspension
Kigali, Rwanda | XINHUA | Rwandan airports on Saturday reopened to international travellers, more than four months after the central African nation suspended commercial passenger flights to mitigate the COVID-19 outbreak. The suspension didn’t affect cargo and emergency flights. Tourists travelling by charter flights had been allowed to enter the …
Read More »EU funds for equipment to extract plasma from COVID-19 survivors
Brussels, Belgium | XINHUA | The European Union (EU) has made available up to 40 million euros (47.1 million U.S. dollars) to purchase specialized equipment to increase the collection of plasma from COVID-19 survivors for the treatment of people who contract the disease, the European Commission said Friday in a …
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