Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | During the COVID-19 pandemic, about 40 percent of low and lower-middle income countries have not been able to support disadvantaged learners during temporary school shutdown, according to 2020 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report published on Tuesday by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The volume of global merchandise trade would shrink by around 18.5 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of this year, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said Tuesday. “The fall in trade we are now seeing is historically large — in fact, it would be the steepest …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 60 people enrolled on the life prolonging Anti-Retroviral Treatment-ART at Biiso health center III in Buliisa district have abandoned treatment and disappeared without trace. They are part of over 500 people enrolled on ART at Biiso health center III since June last …

New study has lots of implications for authorities pondering decisions such as reopening schools  | THE INDEPENDENT | Research on COVID-19 pediatric patients is still limited, but a new study offers a fresh perspective on the early diagnosis and epidemic control of COVID-19 in children and could enhance early intervention …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa has exceeded the 100,000 mark to reach 101,590, according to the latest official update released early Tuesday. Sixty-one more deaths related with COVID-19 were added to the national death toll which now stood at 1,991, …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Livestock farmers in Bunyoro sub region have asked government to reopen livestock markets to allow them sell off some animals to sustain their livelihood. President Yoweri Museveni closed the livestock markets in March this year as part of the control measures against the spread …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Economy committee of Parliament is investigating circumstances under which the Ministry of Finance failed to reconcile money amounting to 666 billion Shillings for the month of March 2020. According to a presentation by Parliament’s Budget Office to the National Economy Committee, up to …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The United States “is too broken to fight” the novel coronavirus, and “no other developed country is doing so badly,” a columnist for The New York Times wrote on Monday. “Graphs of the coronavirus curves in Britain, Canada, Germany and Italy look like mountains, with steep …

🔺  23 new cases 🔺  10 of them from Tororo (quarantined people) 🔺 Total confirmed cases 797 🔹 Total Deaths: 00 🔸Total Recoveries: 699 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty three new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. This brings the number of cases confirmed in Uganda to …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The British government unveiled Monday a package of measures to support businesses for the agriculture, food and drink industry, which have been greatly suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbed as “bounce back” plan, it introduces a new program of physical and virtual events that have been …