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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two contacts of an earlier confirmed case of a Burundian refugee tested positive to coronavirus disease on Monday bringing Uganda’s total cases to 81.  According to the Ministry of Health, the 24-year-old male Ugandan and 21-year-old Burundian National are under isolation at Rakai Hospital. They …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Test results from the Uganda Virus Research Institute show that two deaths that occured at Lacor Hospital in Gulu were not caused by COVID-19 as was suspected by health officials at the hospital. The two deaths that occured on Sunday were of a 59-year-old Kenyan truck …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two trucks imported from Germany to act as mobile Covid19 testing laboratories can’t be deployed due to lack of vital equipment, URN has learnt. The Health Minister, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng announced the arrival of the trucks during a televised COVID-19 national update. The trucks …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has launched a rapid survey which will guide on lifting the  Coronavirus (COVID -19) lockdown. The survey will estimate the community prevalence of the virus. Where is Corona Virus Disease COVID -19 in the community? This is the key question that …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Healthcare workers involved in the surveillance and treatment of people with Coronavirus Disease COVID-19 will be tested, every seven to fourteen days, according to Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng.  This comes amid concerns that while health workers around the world put their lives on the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Health experts in Uganda have said that the country’s lockdown will be lifted gradually.  According to the scientists, the lockdown cannot be lifted at once because a series of arrangements need to be in place to make sure that the country’s health system and other sectors …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has advised the public to keep away from truck drivers after three tested positive for COVID-19. One of the truck drivers was a Ugandan national from Tororo district who was travelling from Kenya. He was found in Kamdini. The other two …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng to explain the delayed payment of 300 frontline health personnel deployed to fight coronavirus Disease. Kadaga’s directive followed a query by Buhweju County MP Francis Mwijukye who cited the …

Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT |The Ministry of Health has discharged four patients including the first confirmed Covid-19 patient also known as patient zero. Patient Zero is a 36-year- old Ugandan male who arrived from United Arab Emirates on March 21 and was later found to be positive with Corona virus Disease-COVID-19. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health is tracing more than 2000 travelers who are suspected to have been exposed to COVID-19  as they travelled to Uganda. The travelers came from Dubai and other high risk countries before the government announced restrictions on travelers from countries like …