Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda today extended a nation-wide lock-down to control COVID-19 by 21 days, to May 5th. It means the 34 measures outlined since March 18 to control the spread of the pandemic will continue to be implemented. President Yoweri Museveni sounded buoyant as he repeated …
Read More »Museveni advises banks to relax loan repayments
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a way of emphasis on bank loans, President Yoweri Museveni has said banks must not count days when people have not been working to service active loans. Millions of Ugandans in both the formal and informal sectors are currently not working as a result …
Read More »LIVE: Uganda lock-down extended for 21 days
Uganda COVID-19 history April 14 – ……. – TOTAL 54
April 13 – 0 new cases – TOTAL 54
April 13 – 3 Discharged
April 12 – 1 new case – TOTAL 54
April 11 – 4 Discharged
April 9-11 – 0 new – …
‘I am dead’ – the story of Uganda’s Patient Zero
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | ” I am the bread earner. I am everything in my family. I am dead.” Those were the first words Patient Zero said after Ministry of Health officials told him that tests had confirmed he was positive for COVID-19. The Director of Entebbe Hospital …
Read More »Uganda discharges former COVID-19 patients
DR HENRY MWEBESA: The patients we discharged were on hydroxychloroquine and erythromycin. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Miniser Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has today discharged three patients who were positive for COVID-19. The three, handed certificates indicating good health, were one of 53 of Uganda’s confirmed cases of corona-virus …
Read More »Kagame fires Rwanda-Uganda talks minister Nduhungirehe
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Paul Kagame has fired his foreign affairs state minister Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe. A statement from the office of the Rwanda Prime Minister said Nduhungirehe was fired “for consistently acting based on personal opinions over government policies, while serving as Minister of State in …
Read More »Uganda picks hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is using hydroxychloroquine as a treatment drug for patients that are receiving COVID-19 treatment at three health facilities. The drug is an antimalarial used to treat mild forms of malaria, but can also be used to treat lupus and arthritis. …
Read More »LIVE: Museveni promises to act tough to stop laxity
Uganda COVID-19 history April 8 – 1 new cases – TOTAL 53
April 7 – 0 new cases – TOTAL 52
April 6 – 0 new cases – TOTAL 52
April 5 – 4 new cases – TOTAL 52
April 4 – 0 new cases …
Bobi Wine picks Dr. Zedriga Lina Waru as deputy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has today named veteran women’s rights activist Dr. Zedriga Lina Waru as his deputy. She was unveiled today by People Power President Robert Kyagulanyi. “Comrade Zedriga is a distinguished activist, lawyer and university lecturer. She is a retired judicial officer, author …
Read More »Kabaka donates sh100 million to COVID-19 task-force
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has donated sh100 million to the national task-force to fight COVID-19. He also contributed 5,000 kilograms of maize flour to the ongoing food distribution efforts by the government of Uganda. So far, Uganda has confirmed 52 COVID-19 …
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