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Five COVID-19 patients discharged from Mbarara hospital

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five patients who have recovered from COVID-19 have been discharged from Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. The discharged patients include three who were transferred from Kasensero in Kyotera district and two cases from Isingiro district. Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Director Dr Celestine Barigye said that …

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Amuru district gets UGX 400m for COVID-19 fight

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Finance has allocated 400 million shillings to Amuru district to aid in the fight against COVID-19 in the district.   The allocation comes at a time when the district taskforce had for long been crying for more funds from the central government.   Geoffrey …

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The fake pandemic news

  Bending its curve starts with the simple act of you not sharing junk health news that pops up in your feed COMMENT | PHILIP N. HOWARD | Would you believe that the coronavirus was developed by a government to weaken its foreign rivals? Or that “patriots” created it to …

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Uganda railways corporation needs UGX 93 Bn to mitigate COVID-19 effects

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) is seeking 93.5 Billion shillings to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on the sub sector and also repair and maintain its assets. URC led by their Managing Director Charles Kateeba were on Tuesday appearing before Parliament’s National Economy Committee that …

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