Tag Archives: COVID-19

Rukiga, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Rukiga district Authorities are perturbed by locals who are turning their homes into bars to beat the restrictions imposed to control the spread of coronavirus disease -COVID-19. Authorities say that after stopping people from gathering in bars as well as walking at night, bar owners …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  UNAIDS Executive Director Engineer Winnie Byanyima has advised that COVID-19 vaccines must be free to all races in case Scientists discover one. She says World leaders must unite behind the development what she has called “a people vaccine”  Byanyima in a message ahead of the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Africa Climate week meeting which was to be held in Kampala Uganda has been pushed to 2021 over coronavirus pandemic.  The meeting which normally attracts African environmentalist and Climate Change expert should have taken place between 20-24th April but it was called off in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  All truck drivers employed in Uganda will have to undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19. This is according to new operating procedures released on Saturday.  As part of the new measures, transport or logistic companies will have to test all their drivers within the country and …

Crema, Italy | AFP |  Neither the northern Italian chill nor the unfamiliar language has deterred a young Cuban doctor who for the past two months has been helping in the fight against coronavirus in Europe, thousands of miles from home. Roberto Arias Hernandez, one of Cuba’s so-called “Army of White …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With Uganda’s COVID-19 statistics heading towards 300, President Yoweri Museveni is expected to reassure the nation on Monday on steps to control the pandemic, and ease the lockdown.  Lindah Nabusayi, Press Secretary to the President confirmed this Sunday. When President Museveni last addressed …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  More than LCI Chairpersons in Arua Municipality on Saturday stormed the offices of Arua RDC Nahori Oya demanding for Personal Protective Equipment.   The chairpersons argue that they need the PPEs since they are at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 without protective gears when moving …

UPDATE UGANDA 🔸 24 new cases (truck drivers) ✳ 69,729 UG Tests done ✳ 227 Confirmed cases ✳ 63 Recoveries ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Uganda’s COVID-19 cases rose to 227 Saturday, after the Ministry Of Health confirmed 24 new cases involving truck drivers. This …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will with immediate effect counsel and test all truck drivers employed in Uganda. No truck driver will also be allowed from entering the country from tonight unless they have negative COVID-19 results. All those tested, will then have to adopt …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic cut global trade values by 3% in the first quarter of this year. This is according to the latest UN Trade and Development Conference (UNCTAD) data published in a joint report by 36 international organizations. The report says the pandemic has led …