Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation-WHO is calling for more testing for COVID-19 to be carried out in African countries to know the exact number of infected people. The call was made during a virtual press briefing on Friday. While many countries on the continent have put …

Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Nkechi | Various media outlets, particularly social media, were awash with stories linking the roll-out of 5G mobile network to the novel coronavirus-Covid-19 pandemic over the past weeks. These included spurious theories claiming that 5G makes people more susceptible to the virus while some more extreme proposals even …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leading drug manufacturing firms, Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, have entered into an agreement to develop an adjuvanted vaccine for COVID-19, using innovative technology from both companies to help address the ongoing pandemic. Sanofi will contribute its S-protein COVID-19 antigen, which is based on recombinant DNA technology. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district COVID-19 taskforce has resolved to ban all cross-border truck drivers from making stopovers in the district. The resolution made during a weekly task-force meeting on Friday aims at curbing truck drivers from neighbouring East African countries from spreading the virus. This was in …

  UPDATE: Uganda Covid19 ✳ 9,975 tested ✳ 55 confirmed cases ✳ 1 foreign (to be repatriated) ✳ 20 recoveries ✳ 35 active cases ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda health officials and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) have traced a Tanzanian driver heading to DRC who …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda (CoU), the Most Rev. Samuel Stephen Kazimba Mugalu has asked Ugandans to feed the clergy, teachers and medical personnel as the country experiences the COVID 19 pandemic. Archbishop Kazimba was this afternoon speaking at the handover of an …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  over 300,000 Africans could lose their lives due to COVID-19, according to a new report by The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).   The report, launched virtually today, says Africa’s fragile health systems could see additional costs being imposed on them because of the growing crisis …

  UPDATE: Uganda Covid19 ✳ 9,975 tested ✳ 55 confirmed cases ✳ 1 foreign (to be repatriated) ✳ 20 recoveries ✳ active cases 35 ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda health officials have started a man-hunt for a driver from Tanzania whose test results have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will receive a consignment of vital medical equipment. The consignment will include; Personal Protective Equipment-PPE and testing equipment. According to the health ministry, a total of 18,900 sample collection kits, 18,900 sample transport kits and 3,800 disposable medical gowns will be supplied. Others include …

Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Workers in the northern Nigerian city of Kano set out rows of new hospital beds inside two cavernous tents that have been hastily erected on the pitch of an empty football stadium. The facilities have been built to become an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients as …