Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda prepared to impose a lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), some investors withdrew billions of shillings from the country and ran for safe havens according to Bank of Uganda. In just one month between February and March 6, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health centres in Gulu district are experiencing a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The COVID-19 Gulu task force designated Gulu Regional Referral Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor as isolation and treatment centres. The two …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors working at different hospitals report having a huge drop in both in and outpatients at their respective work stations something that they worry might overwhelm them when President Yoweri Museveni finally lifts the lockdown. The doctors were attending a virtual meeting organized by …

New York, United States | AFP |  Seven weeks ago Dianne King left her Alabama home to fight COVID-19 in hard-hit New York, traveling to a city she’d never seen to battle a virus killing hundreds of people per day. And after a grueling schedule on the front lines in America’s …

Sorotia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Staff at Princess Diana Memorial HCIV in Soroti Municipality have laid down tools over the lack of  face masks for attending to patients.  The staffs are concerned that while the COVID-19 pandemic is claiming lives in different parts of the world, Soroti Hospital isn’t providing …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Nurses at the Jinja COVID-19 isolation centre have declined to usher in a new patient in protest of unpaid allowances and lack of communication from the hospital administrators. The new patient was taken to the hospital at around 3 p.m, on Wednesday.  But instead of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The  number of positive COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 274 after 10 truck people tested positive for the disease. The 10 include nine truck drivers and one contact of a confirmed truck driver. This brings the number of confirmed cases for truck drivers to …

Local government authorities in districts cannot and should not shy away from all COVID-19 programmes COMMENT | Dr Wilson Winstons Muhwezi |  Although the Ministry of Health in Uganda serves as the steward of the healthcare system that works closely with other line ministries, local governance through the district health office coordinates …

After the Global financial crisis of 2008, carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion decreased by 1.4% only to rise by 5.9% in 2010 COMMENT | Hillary Turyatunga | In a matter of a few months, the way of life of many globally has changed in a way many would …

  London, United Kingdom | AFP | Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is optimistic about the chances of completing the Premier League season as the champions-elect returned to training in small groups on Wednesday. Klopp’s side were just two wins away from ending a 30-year wait to win the title when the …