Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has revised its proposal to borrow money to mitigate the effects of coronavirus by up to 1.3 trillion shillings. On April 2, the government presented a motion to borrow up to 1.7 trillion shillings to cushion the economy from the effects of COVID-19. …
Read More »WHO deploys 2 physicians at Gulu hospital
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation – WHO will dispatch two physicians to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital to boost the fight against COVID-19. The COVID-19 case management team headed by Dr Paska Apiyo is overstretched and the WHO reinforcement is expected to boost their effort in …
Read More »Investors fled country as Uganda started COVID-19 measures -BoU
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda prepared to impose a lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), some investors withdrew billions of shillings from the country and ran for safe havens according to Bank of Uganda. In just one month between February and March 6, …
Read More »Health centres in Gulu run out of personal protection equipment
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health centres in Gulu district are experiencing a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The COVID-19 Gulu task force designated Gulu Regional Referral Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor as isolation and treatment centres. The two …
Read More »Jinja Hospital registering increase in gunshot wound, stab injuries
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Hospital is reporting an increase in gunshot and stab injuries. This was revealed by Dr Angella Namala, the hospital Deputy Director during a virtual meeting held by the Makerere University School of Public Health on Wednesday. Namala notes that their causality ward has …
Read More »DPCs cautioned against heavy deployment at roadblocks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | District and Division Police Commanders have been cautioned against deploying too many police officers at one roadblock. Traffic police director, Bazir Mugisha said it is erroneous to deploy more than six traffic or general police officers at one checkpoint. Mugisha said DPCs should deploy …
Read More »Doctors predict spike in patients after lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors working at different hospitals report having a huge drop in both in and outpatients at their respective work stations something that they worry might overwhelm them when President Yoweri Museveni finally lifts the lockdown. The doctors were attending a virtual meeting organized by …
Read More »Princess Diana staff protest absence of masks
Sorotia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Staff at Princess Diana Memorial HCIV in Soroti Municipality have laid down tools over the lack of face masks for attending to patients. The staffs are concerned that while the COVID-19 pandemic is claiming lives in different parts of the world, Soroti Hospital isn’t providing …
Read More »Relief food distribution in Gulu turns rowdy
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The food distribution exercise in Gulu Municipality turned rowdy on Wednesday after residents of Tegwana Parish, Pece Division grabbed relief food that was delivered to vulnerable people. It all started when the LCI Chairperson for Tegwana Parish, Geoffrey Onekalit, members of his executive and those …
Read More »Universities to shift evening classes due to curfew
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | University administrators in Kampala have indicated plans to move evening classes students to afternoon because of the curfew as finalists prepare to resume studies. It comes two days after President; Yoweri Museveni announced plans to allow learners in candidate classes and finalists in tertiary institutions …
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