Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization-WHO will scrutinize the COVID-19 cases that have been reported in Africa. This comes at a time when more countries on the African continent seem to be reporting cases of the disease. According to WHO officials, scrutiny is needed to ascertain …
Read More »‘Super-spreaders’: COVID19 myth or reality?
Paris, France | AFP | Can a single COVID-19 patient infect dozens of others? Although transmission rates in the current outbreak appear to be far lower, a variety of factors can lead to an individual infecting many. The concept of so-called “super-spreaders” — patients who typically infect far more people than …
Read More »DRC COVID-19 case not worrying for Uganda-MOH
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The presence of COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not something that Ugandans need to be worried about, according to the Ministry of Health. The country reported one case of the highly contagious disease in the capital-Kinshasha on Wednesday. The infected person is …
Read More »No morning coffee at the local bar for Italians under new controls
Rome, Italy | AFP | It’s not easy being Italian these days. Especially without coffee. For Alessandro, a 30-something businessman in suit and mask in central Rome, an espresso at the local bar in the morning is “indispensable”. But on Thursday, after the government’s latest measures to stem the rise of …
Read More »Ministry of health to spray travellers with disinfectants
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is to start spraying all travellers who enter the country. This is a new measure that the health ministry has come up within a bid to stop the spread of COVID 19 into the country. According to the health ministry, all …
Read More »Uganda restricts travel to US and UK
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has restricted travelling to nine more countries that have been hit by COVID 19. The affected countries are San Marino, Belgium, USA, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Austria and Malaysia. According to the health ministry, these countries have reported large cumulative numbers of infected …
Read More »War brings unexpected benefits to ‘virus-free’ Libya
Tripoli, Libya | AFP | Despite advice from health authorities to shun public gatherings, Moayed al-Missaoui and friends watched an Italian Serie A football match in a buzzing cafe in the Libyan capital Tripoli. While the novel coronavirus has affected more than 100 countries since December, many in Libya believe their …
Read More »WHO troubled about rate at which COVID19 is spreading
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rate at which COVID 19 is spreading worldwide is troubling, according to the World Health Organisation-WHO. At the end of last week, the number of infected persons stood at 96,000 in 93 countries. By close of Tuesday, the number stood at over 110,000 in …
Read More »Misinformation hindering COVID-19 fight -WHO
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Myths about the transmission, prevention and treatment of COVID 19 are causing havoc in the fight against the spread of the disease according to World Health Organisation. WHO officials says lies or half-truths regarding COVID are costing the UN health agency a lot of …
Read More »Uganda stops people traveling from countries highly hit by COVID 19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has closed its doors on all people traveling from countries that are highly hit by the COVID 19 disease that is spreading like a wild fire across the world. The people countries that have been stopped from traveling to Uganda fall under category one …
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