South Sudan rebel leader-turned-VP tests positive for coronavirus Juba, South Sudan | AFP | South Sudan’s first vice president, the former rebel leader Riek Machar, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said Monday. Machar’s wife, Defence Minister Angelina Teny, and “a number of his office staff and …
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NEW MEASURES ✳ 1. Shops selling general merchandize will open provided they are not in the shopping malls, shopping arcades and food markets. ✳ 2. The heroic market women that have slept in the work places for all these days, will be allowed to go home and come back to work daily …
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NEW MEASURES ✳ 1. Shops selling general merchandize will open provided they are not in the shopping malls, shopping arcades and food markets. ✳ 2. The heroic market women that have slept in the work places for all these days, will be allowed to go home and come back to work daily …
Read More »Mutukula Customs lose UGX 150M amid lockdown
Mutukula, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mutukula border customs in Kyotera district has lost about Shillings 150 million in revenue due to the nationwide lockdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Vincent Seruma, the Assistant Commissioner Public & Corporate Affairs at Uganda Revenue Authority-URA, says they collect at least Shillings 50M …
Read More »Russia says growth of new coronavirus cases stopped
Moscow, Russia | AFP | Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said Monday the growth in new coronavirus cases had been stopped as Russia reported under 9,000 infections for the first time since the beginning of the month. With more than 290,000 cases as of Monday, Russia has recorded the world’s largest number …
Read More »President’s COVID-19 update reinstated, on 8pm today
✳ 72,161 Overall tests done ✳ 248 Confirmed cases ✳ 63 Recoveries ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni will address the nation on Uganda’s COVID-19 situation as earlier planned at 8pm, Monday. An earlier decision to push the address to Tuesday, was reversed. ” After wide consultation, it has …
Read More »KCCA to compel arcades to hire surveillance officers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As government moves to relax the Covid-19 lockdown, Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) is issuing new safety guidelines for people working in the city center. Dr. Daniel Okello, the Ag. Director Public Health and Environment at KCCA says they are already engaging owners of …
Read More »Joint Security Taskforce records more Covid-19 guidelines abuses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Security Taskforce says that many people are not adhering to the COVID-19 guidelines issued by President Museveni. Speaking on Monday at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Fred Enanga, the spokesperson of the Uganda Police Force said across the country, they have …
Read More »WANDIRA KAZIBWE: Curve is flat, time to ease lock down
✳ 72,161 Overall tests done ✳ 248 Confirmed cases ✳ 63 Recoveries ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Vice-President Dr. Specioza Wandira Kazibwe has said Uganda has contained the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and is well placed to ease the lock-down. She said that ‘technically’ …
Read More »More easing in Europe but virus hits hard in S. America, Africa
Rome, Italy | AFP | Restaurants and churches will reopen in Italy on Monday as part of a fresh wave of lockdown easing in Europe, but rising coronavirus death tolls in Brazil, South Africa and other parts of the world showed the worst is still to come in many countries. The …
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