Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has admitted five new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and discharged five others who recovered from the contagion. Among the discharged are three Ugandans and two Kenyan truck drivers. The number of those discharged brings to nine, the cumulative tally …
Read More »Clerics ask gov’t to open places of worship
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several church leaders want government to open places of worship saying they are essential to the well-being of Ugandans. The church leaders made the appeal at a press briefing organised by the Information and Communication Technology-ICT Ministry at Uganda Media Center on the role …
Read More »Slow works on new chamber irks Parliamentary Commission
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Commission is dissatisfied with the pace of the construction works of the new chamber which was expected to be completed in July 2020. The Shillings 206 billion project started in August 2017 and is being undertaken by Roko Construction Limited. The building …
Read More »Najjembe market vendors ordered to self isolate
Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 500 vendors from Najjembe market in Buikwe district are worried about losing their produce after being forced into the mandatory 14 day’s self isolation in their homes. The market was closed for disinfection on Thursday this week and all vendors ordered to self-isolate …
Read More »OPM staff testing for COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several members of staff in the Office of the Prime Minister-OPM are being screened for COVID-19. Julius Mucunguzi, the OPM spokesperson has confirmed the ongoing testing of their staff. The decision to test the staff members was reached after two drivers in the OPM …
Read More »All ministers to be tested for COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | All ministers especially those who attend cabinet meetings will undergo COVID-19 testing before they can attend the weekly sessions. According to the health ministry, testing of the ministers begun yesterday and continued today at the office of the Prime Minister. On the first day …
Read More »All Ugandan Ministers to be tested for COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has confirmed that all ministers who attend cabinet meetings will undergo COVID-19 testing before they can attend the weekly sessions. This development comes on a day where the Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda decided to self isolate, after some of his …
Read More »‘No benefit’ from hydroxychloroquine for virus: UK trial
Paris, France | AFP | A major British trial of hydroxychloroquine has found it has “no benefit” for patients hospitalised with the coronavirus, researchers said Friday, announcing they had stopped tests of the drug. “We have concluded that there is no beneficial effect of hydroxychloroquine in patients hospitalised with COVID-19,” said a statement from the …
Read More »COVID-19: Panic at City Hall as four evacuated
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | There was drama and panic at City Hall today as health officials evacuated four Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA ) staff feared to have contracted COVID-19. The four KCCA staff were picked by the COVID-19 Emergency Response Team team from City …
Read More »Police impounds 212 taxis for flouting KCCA, COVID-19 rules
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda police impounded 212 taxis and 47 buses in Kampala Metropolitan Area on the very day they returned to the roads for flouting new rules for their operations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Yoweri Museveni lifted the ban on public …
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