Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 learners from schools in Mubende district were on Tuesday transported to their respective homes. Last week, the government announced a plan to transport learners to and from Mubende and Kassanda, for holidays when the term closes. Mubende and Kassanda districts are under …
Read More »EBOLA: Museveni issues new directives on trucks, bodas
President says tourists don’t have to cancel their visits to Uganda as the Ebola outbreak is localized to only 6 out of the country’s 146 districts Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has banned trucks carrying timber logs from entering or leaving Mubende and Kassanda districts the epiceter …
Read More »Buwenge farmer succumbs to Ebola
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Samples from a patient who died on Friday at Buwenge Health Center IV in Jinja district have tested positive for Ebola. The 45-year-old, Dan Waiswa, a farmer and resident of Kayalwe B village, in the Buyengo town council was admitted at Buwenge Health Center IV …
Read More »EBOLA: Suspected Mbale case is negative
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The samples of a 16-year-old boy who was isolated at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital after presenting with Ebola-like symptoms have turned out negative, the Director, Dr. Stephen Obbo has revealed. “The results of the suspected case are negative and the patient is now receiving normal …
Read More »EBOLA: Gov’t to transport learners in districts under lock down
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education and Sports will transport learners from and to Kasanda and Mubende districts for their holidays when the term closes. The two districts are in lockdown announced by the government to contain the spread of …
Read More »EBOLA: P7 leavers await gov’t transport in lock down districts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Primary seven learners are waiting for the government to avail transport to return home. On Tuesday, the government issued guidelines on how to release learners securely while reducing the danger of Ebola transmission, and without interfering with ongoing national Ebola control activities. In a notice …
Read More »Experts urge mothers battling Ebola to avoid breastfeeding
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health experts have asked breastfeeding mothers to wean their babies after contracting and being cured of the Ebola virus disease, and introduce them to breastmilk substitutes. They say that continued breastfeeding by a mother even after she has been cured of the Ebola virus disease, …
Read More »Rising Ebola cases
WHO ups risk assessment | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | As the Ebola cases in Uganda continue to surge, World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Nov.02 that Ebola’s arrival in the Ugandan capital highlighted the high risk of further spread of the deadly virus, calling on neighbouring countries to boost their preparedness. …
Read More »Besigye condemns early closure of schools over Ebola outbreak
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Kiiza Besigye, the chairman of the Red Card Front has condemned government’s move to close schools earlier than expected, due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the country. Besigye’s reaction comes after a pronouncement by State Minister of Education Joyce Moriku Kaducu, that the …
Read More »Cabinet considers early closure of schools due to Ebola outbreak
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is highly considering early closure of schools as one of the ways to prevent the likely spreading of Ebola virus disease into learning institutions. URN understands that this has been one of the issues that were presented before cabinet during its weekly sitting …
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