Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the global outbreak of COVID-19 has upended lives across the world, a rise in conditions including depression and anxiety have been seen as people adapt to lifestyle changes. Medics have observed that public health actions, such as social distancing, can make people feel isolated …
Read More »Kampala markets abandon COVID-19 control measures
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Markets across Kampala have abandoned the standard operating procedures, that were set as a condition to allow them to operate amidst the COVID-19 threat. Although city Markets had adapted to the guidelines, earlier during the lockdown, a number of them have abandoned …
Read More »Gulu blood bank struggles to raise blood amidst shortage
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Blood Bank is struggling to raise enough blood for hospitals and health centres in the region amidst the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. At least 75 per cent of the blood units in the bank used to be collected from schools and other learning institutions. …
Read More »Local govt’s struggling to absorb funds as financial year ends
Ngora, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local governments in Teso region are struggling to utilize the funds budgeted for during the 2019/2020 financial year as a result of interruption in the implementation of various planned activities by the COVID-19 lockdown. The performance in local governments was affected when districts downscaled their …
Read More »Refugees demand COVID-19 testing, quarantine centres in camps
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Refugees in the West Nile have demanded the establishment of institutional quarantine centers in the camps. Currently, persons who are suspected to have COVID-19 are taken to quarantine centres in Arua, far away from the camps. COVID 19 suspects in the camps in Madi …
Read More »UGANDA: Coronavirus cases at 763, with 492 recoveries
🔺 8 new cases 🔺 Total confirmed cases 763 🔹 Total Deaths: 00 🔸Total Recoveries: 492 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. This brings the number of cases confirmed in Uganda to 763 as of June 20th. The new cases were …
Read More »Health Minister hopes for COVID-19 vaccine by December
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng is optimistic that the world will have a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year. The are hundreds of projects around the world which are centered at finding a possible vaccine to protect people before they’re exposed to …
Read More »Kitgum COVID-19 quarantine centres run out of food supply
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The three designated COVID-19 quarantine centres in Kitgum district as part of the measures to curtail the spread of the deadly pandemic have run out of food supply. The centres established at Padwong Health Centre III, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Kitgum General Hospital are …
Read More »Inmates awarded UGX 95m for being denied access to lawyers during lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has awarded 95 million Shillings to 19 former inmates who were arrested for flouting regulations on COVID-19 for being denied access to their lawyers. The said group was picked from one house in Kyengera Town Council, in Wakiso District, and …
Read More »Gulu hospital seeks new incinerator for COVID-19 waste
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is seeking for a mini clinical laboratory and new incinerator for disposing of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) healthcare waste. Some of the infectious waste include used face masks; syringes, hand gloves, blades, medicinal wastes, and other associated wastes arising from services produced …
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