Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Pearl Dairy Farm Limited, the producers of Lato milk has donated Shs345million towards the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, it announced on April 09. The government of Uganda has in the recent weeks urged well-wishers to donate cash and other relief items to support efforts of government …

Miami, United States | AFP |  What could be worse than a pandemic overwhelming health care systems and causing global economic collapse? Florida knows the answer: a pandemic that rages into hurricane season, which is already on the horizon and causing the Sunshine State to dramatically update its storm preparations. “COVID …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Kitgum District COVID 19 Taskforce is to distribute 1000 radio sets to selected families in rural areas. The Kitgum Resident District Commissioner, William Komakech, who also chairs the Task Force, says the radio sets were donated by Irene Gleeson Foundation-IGF, a Christian a faith …

Rome, Italy | AFP | The global coronavirus death toll topped 100,000 Friday as Easter celebrations around the world kicked off in near-empty churches with billions of people stuck indoors to halt the pandemic’s deadly march. The grim milestone came as the World Health Organization issued a dire warning that …

Paris, France | AFP | In the emergency rooms of virus hotspots around the world, medical staff are seeing a greater number of men than women suffering severe symptoms of COVID-19, with obesity emerging as another potentially aggravating factor. But experts are still unsure why. What first began to appear as …

Zurich, Switzerland | AFP | FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Friday said that “no match” is worth “risking a single human life” and that world football’s governing body would be able to help financially national federations during the coronavirus pandemic. The majority of top football leagues and international competitions have been suspended due to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Joint task Force (JTF) has impounded dozens of motorcycles in Kampala metropolitan areas for defying the recent presidential directive which banned them from operating beyond 2 pm. On Wednesday this week, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in his nation address directed that boda-bodas should to …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro district is struggling to implement activities related to the prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic due to lack of funds. The district is unable to fuel vehicles to enforce the Covid-19 pandemic prevention measures. The district has also failed to deploy security personnel to patrol …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Efforts to contain the invasion of desert locusts are on going across the East African region despite limits on the flow of personnel and equipment stemming from the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Food and Agriculture Organization-FAO says that the infestation of locusts regarded as the …

  Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The proposal by Horyal Investment Holding Company Limited to transport more than 300 casual labourers from Kamuli to Lamwo district has suffered a setback because of the COVID-19 lockdown. The company had planned to transport the labourers to Katunguru Pa Wod Ating Village in …