Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | If closure of schools as a strategy to halt further spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues, United Nations (UN) Agencies warn that many children around the globe may not get another chance of an education. As a result in their latest joint press statement, …

Mutukula, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers screening for COVID-19 at the Uganda-Tanzania border at Mutukula in Kyotera district are sharing accommodation space with suspected cases. The Ministry of Health deployed atleast 12 health workers at the Mutukula border main entrance to carry out mandatory testing of all travelers …

  How issuance of the IMF’s reserve asset, Special Drawing Rights, could ensure international liquidity COMMENT | JIM O’NEIL AND DOMENICO LOMBARDI | Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund estimates that, between now and the end of 2021, global GDP will suffer a cumulative loss of more …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Joyce Moriku Kaducu has accused management of Jinja regional referral hospital for failing to enforce the COVID-19 presidential directives. While inspecting the hospital’s isolation centre on Sunday, Kaducu said that security personnel have failed to limit …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials in Masindi district are busy trying to trace for over 2,300 people believed to have come into close contact with a 29-year-old police detective attached to Masindi Central police station who tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) last Saturday. The police officer …

Bunyoro Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lack of personal protection equipment for health workers in Bunyoro region has triggered panic and discomfort among leaders are residents. They argue that in the absence of garments to protect health care workers, many of them are exposed to hazards that put them …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists are concerned that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Uganda will increase after the lockdown is lifted. The scientists who are part of the national task force say that is it inevitable for the number of confirmed cases to rise when the …

Hong Kong, China | AFP | Stock markets suffered steep losses Monday, tracking a selloff in New York after Donald Trump sparked fears of a renewed trade war with China over its role in the coronavirus pandemic. Claims by the US president and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the disease …

COMMENT | Rebecca Nalwoga Mukwaya | An epidemic is a disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population, or region. A pandemic on the other hand is an epidemic that’s spread over multiple countries or continents. Pandemics and epidemics are not a new phenomena, as history has …

  How it can be responsive, respectful, person-centred | PATIENCE AFULANI AND NADIA DIAMOND-SMITH | COVID-19 is sweeping the world, and the burden on healthcare facilities is growing. Stories have begun to emerge from higher-resource countries, mainly in the U.S. and Europe, about poor experiences for women giving birth in …