Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health and the National COVID-19 Taskforce have lifted the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in Gulu district. A 14-day lockdown had been imposed on Gulu after a pronouncement by President Yoweri Museveni to maintain restrictions on areas that had evidence of community transmissions …
Read More »18 arrested over defying Presidential orders on COVID-19
Bundibugyo, Uganda | Prossy Nansubuga | Police in Bundibugyo on Saturday 26th June 2020, carried out an operation in and around Vision pub in Nyahuka town council, Bundibugyo district and apprehended 18 persons who were defying the Presidential directives on COVID-19. The suspects have been charged with being involved in acts …
Read More »UGANDA: Coronavirus cases at 870, with 808 recoveries
🔺 11 new cases 🔺 Total confirmed cases 870 🔹 Total Deaths: 00 🔸Total Recoveries: 808 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has today confirmed 11 new COVID-19 cases in the country bringing the total confirmed cases to 870. The new cases were from 2,330 samples tested, 4 …
Read More »Prime Minister commits to lifting new restrictions on Gulu district
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has told the Acholi Parliamentary Group, an umbrella of legislators from Acholi sub-region that the ongoing lockdown in Gulu district will be lifted on Monday. Travelers were caught unaware when buses from Gulu were stopped from travelling in …
Read More »Parliament approves Ugx 1 Trillion supplementary budget for COVID-19 interventions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved a supplementary budget of 1.087 trillion Shillings to facilitate the COVID-19 response by the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Trade and other government entities. The approval followed a recommendation by the Budget Committee chaired by Amos Lugoloobi, in line with a …
Read More »Health Ministry declines to lift lockdown in Gulu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has declined to honor request by the district taskforce to lift the lockdown in Gulu in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). On Wednesday, police backed by the military started enforcing travel restrictions blocking private …
Read More »UGANDA: Coronavirus cases at 797, with 699 recoveries
🔺 23 new cases 🔺 10 of them from Tororo (quarantined people) 🔺 Total confirmed cases 797 🔹 Total Deaths: 00 🔸Total Recoveries: 699 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty three new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. This brings the number of cases confirmed in Uganda to …
Read More »Ministry of health falls short of cholera vaccination target in Moroto
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has fallen short of its target in the Oral Cholera Vaccination exercise launched in the wake of a cholera outbreak in Moroto district. The vaccination started on Monday, targeting to cover 85, 000 people across the district. However, the vaccination …
Read More »Health ministry to conduct fresh COVID-19 community survey
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is planning to carry out another community survey to ascertain where COVID-19 undetected cases in the country might be. This comes after pockets of positive cases were detected in different parts of the country with new community cases reported in parts …
Read More »UGANDA: Coronavirus cases at 763, with 492 recoveries
🔺 8 new cases 🔺 Total confirmed cases 763 🔹 Total Deaths: 00 🔸Total Recoveries: 492 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. This brings the number of cases confirmed in Uganda to 763 as of June 20th. The new cases were …
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