COVID-19 Updates

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kyotera district Woman Member of Parliament, Robinah Ssentongo Nakasirye is dead. Nakasirye breathed her last at the Aga Khan Hospital in Kenya’s capital Nairobi this morning. The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga announced the death of the legislator during plenary, saying she had …

Paris, France | Xinhua | French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and will isolate himself for seven days, the French presidency said. After the diagnosis established by “RT-PCR tests carried out as soon as the first symptoms appear,” Macron “will isolate himself for seven days” but “will …

After lockdown, Uganda, Ghana and Senegal show early recovery signs Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Dozens of African countries will experience subdued economic recovery next year, according to predictions shared by experts at a recent roundtable organized by the Nairobi-based Africa Trade Insurance Agency. The annual roundtable event which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The financial sector forecast is that the full effect of the Covid-19 pandemic will be realized in the next two years when investments and projects that were started earlier were supposed to have started yielding returns. The real bad effect of the pandemic has not …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The International Monetary Fund, IMF, is proposing that the multi-lateral lenders extend the Debt Service Suspension Initiative to the end of 2021 because most of the countries burdened will not recover by early next year. COVID-19 has dealt a major blow to the world’s poorest …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of cancer related deaths is expected to rise because doctors are delaying treatment for cancer patients who test positive for COVID-19, according to the Uganda Cancer Institute(UCI). According to doctors at UCI, they are pausing cancer treatment for patients as they first treat …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions, Jane Frances Abodo has ordered for the release of Nigerian artists Omah Lay and Tems and their charges to be withdrawn a day after presenting them in court. The accused appeared before Makindye Grade One Magistrate, Jude Okumu Muwone on Monday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been arrested in connection to the unauthorised concert that was held last night in Ddungu Resort in Munyonyo, Kampala City. Those arrested are Ivan Ddungu, the manager of the place where the concert was held, Omah Lay the musician and Prim Kasana, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The price of lemon has shot up across markets in Kasese and Bunyangabu districts. This stemmed from the high demand for lemons by residents to boost their immunity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Kasese municipality, one needs up to Shillings 2000 to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines in the United States. The approval of two vaccines that were produced by US pharmaceutical companies follows data from an independent monitoring board showing that the drug that …