Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital are in panic after ten other medics contracted COVID-19 while on duty. The ten medics have been on treatment for three weeks now, putting a toll on the facility which has more than 130 patients, 48 of them …

But safety concerns remain Uganda develops five herbal drugs to manage covid-19, was one of the main headlines in news media on June 08. The accompanying story listed the five products: Warbugia Ugandensis, Cypress oil, Cypress herbal tea, propolis tincture and propolis throat spray. The story said the drugs had …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has said the pathetic situation in which Africa finds itself looking to their ‘friends’ in the developed world for COVID-19 vaccines, is a timely reminder that the continent should find solutions to its own problems. He told delegates at …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Resident District Commissioner-RDC Fatumah Ndisaba has ordered security teams manning checkpoints to stop vehicles from transporting COVID-19 bodies and mourners. Ndisaba says that several ambulances are now squeezing mourners alongside caskets to beat movement restrictions imposed by president Yoweri Museveni, to control the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPNDENT | While herbal-based traditional medicines or phytomedicines have for long been used in managing some diseases in the country, the health ministry has cautioned against their use in treatment of COVID-19. Health Ministry’s Senior Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ainebyona says so far, the Ministry and …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers at Kalisizo General Hospital in Kyotera district are in panic following reports that one of them had succumbed to COVID-19. Kyotera District Health Officer Dr Edward Muwanga says that the deceased is a female health worker who is suspected to have contracted …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 health workers in the Elgon and Bukedi sub-regions have contracted Covid-19 due to lack of Personal Protective Equipment- PPEs. Many health facilities in the districts are operating with inadequate or no PPEs, putting the lives of the medics in danger. At …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Agago district has arrested two suspects for allegedly leading a mob to attack a covid-19 patient. The incident happened on Thursday at Tee Kato trading centre in Lira Kato parish, Agago district. It is alleged that the patient, a resident of Lagar …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY COVID-19 cures fear of herbal medicines: But safety concerns remain THE LAST WORD The challenge of democratic politics: Who is a moral candidate for parliament: the candidate who promises electricity or one who …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakasongola district has suspended the activities of Emyooga programme over the surge in COVID-19 cases. At least 80 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nakasongola district. One of the four cases detected at district headquarters was an asymptomatic case by a staff working at …