Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has registered another COVID-19 death bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to four. The deceased is a 61-year-old female, a resident of Kiyimbi in Nakulabye, Kampala who died on Friday. She was admitted at Mengo Hospital before referred to Mulago National Referral hospital …
Read More »COVID-19: Uganda registers second death, an 80 year old
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has registered a second Coronavirus (COVID-19) death, according to the ministry of health. The second case is an 80-year-old female, a resident of Mengo, Kisenyi III in Kampala. She was admitted to Platinum hospital on Friday July 24, 2020 at 5:00 pm after …
Read More »Two contacts of Namisindwa district COVID-19 victim test positive
Namisindwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two female contacts of the first COVID-19 death who have been under quarantine in Namisindwa district have tested positive for the virus. The contacts include a Village Health team worker and a health worker attached to Buwasunguyi health center II in Namisindwa district. Edward …
Read More »Tanzania’s Benjamin Mkapa dies at 81
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Tanzanian President Benjamin William Mkapa, 81, has died at a Dar Es Salaam hospital. President John Magufuli announced the death of Tanzania’s third president Mkapa last night. Mkapa was Tanzania’s president from 1995-2005. One of the first world leaders to send a condolence …
Read More »DETAILS: Uganda registers first COVID-19 death, in Mbale
✳ 1,079 Ugandan cases ✳ 971 Ugandan recoveries ✳ 1 Ugandan death Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has registered its first COVID-19 death four months after the epidemic broke out in the country. The victim is a 34-year-old woman who died at Joy Hospice Center in Mbale City …
Read More »Uganda registers 1st COVID-19 death
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has today confirmed Uganda’s first COVID-19 death. The deceased is a 34 year old Ugandan female, resident of Namisindwa district who presented with COVID like signs and symptoms: fever,dry cough,headache and difficulty in breathing. The postmortem samples from the deceased were confirmed …
Read More »Suspected COVID-19 patient dies in Mbale
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is high in Mbale city following the death of a patient with COVID-19 like symptoms. The patient was picked up from Mabyale sub county in Namisindwa district and admitted at Joyce Hospice health centre. It is alleged the patient fell sick a week …
Read More »Police orders fresh investigations into Masaka cyclist’s death
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Operations Uganda Police Edward Ochom has ordered for fresh investigations into the death of a Boda Boda Cyclist in Masaka. Hussein Walugembe, walked into a traffic office at Masaka Central Police Station on July 2 and doused himself with petrol claiming that …
Read More »Boda Boda riders demand transfer of Masaka Police commanders
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders and Boda Boda riders in Masaka have called for the immediate transfer of the District Police Commander Bosco Bakashaba and Officer in Charge of Nyendo-Ssenyange Division police station, Denis Kanakulya. It comes a few days after a Boda boda rider identified as Hussein …
Read More »BREAKING: Burundi to swear in Ndayishimiye
Burundi court orders swearing in of president-elect Bujumbura, Burundi | AFP | Burundi’s constitutional court on Friday ruled that the country’s newly elected leader Evariste Ndayishimiye be sworn in as soon as possible following the sudden death of President Pierre Nkurunziza earlier this week. “No interim necessary, the president-elect …. …
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