Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has so far discharged 303 COVID-19 suspects from different quarantine centers in Entebbe Municipality in Wakiso district. The suspects, who have been in isolation in hotels and Guest houses, were discharged between Friday and Saturday evening. Our report has since established that …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Masaka District Covid-19 Taskforce has tasked village council chairpersons to ensure compliance to the presidential directives and Ministry of Health guidelines to preventing the spread of the virus. Herman Ssentongo the Masaka Resident Commissioner and Covid-19 response taskforce chairperson say they have observed …
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Algiers, Algeria | AFP | Algeria faces economic and social turmoil if crude prices continue to collapse, experts have warned, with the oil-dependent country reeling from a year of popular protests, political turmoil and now, coronavirus. The North African country is an example of how hydrocarbon economies are likely to face …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Abortion rights advocates on Saturday called on the US Supreme Court to urgently intervene to force Texas to reinstate the right to abortion, which has been suspended in the state since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic. This is the first appeal related to …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty two people including two police officers have been arrested in Mbarara in an operation aimed to enforce presidential directive to close nonfood selling shops. The operation also saw Rwebikona market closed. The operation was led by Mbarara Resident District Commissioner and Chairperson Covid-19 Taskforce …
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Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT |The Ministry of Health has discharged four patients including the first confirmed Covid-19 patient also known as patient zero. Patient Zero is a 36-year- old Ugandan male who arrived from United Arab Emirates on March 21 and was later found to be positive with Corona virus Disease-COVID-19. …
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Beijing, China | AFP | Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its fight against imported infections. China says it has largely curbed its COVID-19 outbreak but a recent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has asked the COVID-19 Fund committee to be transparent while managing the resources entrusted to them. Dr Rugunda sounded the appeal while inaugurating the Fund committee that was named by President Yoweri Museveni at a function held at his …
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DR HENRY MWEBESA: The patients we discharged were on hydroxychloroquine and erythromycin. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Miniser Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has today discharged three patients who were positive for COVID-19. The three, handed certificates indicating good health, were one of 53 of Uganda’s confirmed cases of corona-virus …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Three companies Uganda Breweries Limited, Stanbic Bank and Total Uganda have contributed fuel worth Shs120million to support the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The fuel will facilitate the movement of the Ministry of Health officials who are tracing COVID-19 patients countrywide. It will also facilitate the …
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