Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima is holding a cleaner attached to Butema health center III in Buhanika sub county for allegedly selling COVID-19 vaccination cards to unvaccinated persons. The suspect is Ivan Bigirwa. The suspect was nabbed on Sunday afternoon while allegedly executing the dubious business at …
Read More »Gov’t considering Covidex as a prescription for Covid-19: Dr. Musenero
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology Dr. Monica Musenero, has revealed that government is considering having Covidex, a locally made drug as a prescription for Covid-19. In June 2021, the National Drug Authority approved Covidex, a locally made herbal drug for supportive treatment in …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Curfew to be lifted for all except Boda Bodas
✅ Schools re-open Jan 10 ✅ Bars & concerts open Jan 25 ✅ Curfew to be lifted when bars open ✅ Transport sector fully re-open ✅ Cinema &sports events to fully open Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has announced the lifting of the lockdown due to COVID-19. …
Read More »LIVE: President Museveni set to end lockdown
✳ LIVE 8pm Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni will deliver his annual New Year message at 8pm today. He is expected to announce the full re-opening of the economy after two years of lockdown measures. Despite rising figures of Ugandans testing positive for COVID-19, as the …
Read More »Ugandan revellers cautioned against crossing to Tanzania for New Year concerts
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kyotera district has cautioned Ugandan revellers against crossing to Tanzania to allegedly attend New Year crossover concerts that have been organized in areas near the Ugandan border. The concerts include one organized by Abbey Musinguzi, the proprietor of Abitex Promotions and others …
Read More »RCCs, RDCs ordered to enforce Covid-19 SOPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All Resident City Commissioners (RCCs) and Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) have been ordered to carry out media sensitization about COVID-19 and to inspect all public places in their areas to enforce all Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs). The directive from the office of the president follows …
Read More »Uganda sees end of 2021 amid tense election, pandemic and war against terrorism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has had a frantic 2021 as it experienced one of the most contested presidential elections, a devastating pandemic and a new war against terrorism. A three-month presidential election campaign culminated on Jan. 14, with the incumbent, 76-year-old Yoweri Museveni tussling it out with the …
Read More »WHO warns of “tsunami of cases” from Omicron, Delta
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned on Wednesday that the more transmissible Omicron together with the currently circulating Delta variants might lead to “a tsunami of cases,” putting immense pressure on national health systems. Recapping WHO’s response since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Director-General …
Read More »Gulu district returns 100,000 doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district health officials have returned a total of 108,220 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to the Ministry of Health. The vaccines were part of 166,586 doses of Moderna that the district received early last month to boost the mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign launched in …
Read More »Omicron wave rattles world as countries smash daily records
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States and European countries have shattered records for daily COVID-19 cases, driven by the Omicron variant that is sweeping the globe and hampering global efforts to tame the coronavirus. U.S. CASES HIT RECORD HIGH The lightning spread of the Omicron variant in the United …
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