Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Final year students at Kyambogo University are living in fear after one student tested positive for Covid-19. The patient is a third-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) course. Last week, the student developed COVID-19 signs and she reported to the university …
Read More »New COVID-19 research raises optimism on post infection immunity
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nature could prove to be man’s best ally in slowing down, or actually averting the devastation to humanity potentially posed that the coronavirus. Researchers at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology in California have found that natural immunity triggered by COVID-19 infection could last longer than …
Read More »COVID-19: Oxford university says their vaccine is 70 percent effective
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Oxford University says their vaccine can protect people from COVID-19, according to findings released. Interim findings published about the study show that the vaccine is 70 percent effective in stopping people from developing COVID-19 symptoms. The findings are based on trials that involved over 20,000 …
Read More »Health ministry changes Covid-19 testing guidelines for travelers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said that all individuals intending to travel out of the country should pay for a covid-19 testing. The certificates for the travellers must also indicate travel as the intended purpose of the test. In a press statement issued on Monday …
Read More »Lancet laboratories struck off list of COVID-19 testing laboratories
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has struck off Lancet Laboratories on the list of approved covid-19 testing facilities. The laboratory was one of the first privately accredited laboratories that were carrying out testing at 344,900 Shillings. Many Ugandans viewed the fee as exorbitant compared to government’s …
Read More »Reopening of Masaka mental unit halted over increasing Covid-19 cases
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The re-opening of the Mental Health Unit to patients at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital has been delayed following the increasing number of covid-19 cases. In May, Masaka Regional Referral gazetted the mental ward to serve as the treatment unit. The more than 200 patients who …
Read More »‘Operational mistakes led to death of 49’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uncoordinated operations between the police resulted in the death of 49 people during last week’s city protests, various sources have told URN. A police source says that the National Command Centre sat on Tuesday and resolved that there was a need to put a …
Read More »Americans distrust of government, exceptionalism led to U.S. failure in pandemic control
Washington, US | Xinhua | The U.S. people’s distrust of the government and their deep conviction that disasters are things happening to others have resulted in the country’s current predicament amid the pandemic, said an opinion piece published recently by the U.S. magazine Foreign Policy. The article, titled “Why the United …
Read More »Kanungu district headquaters closed after staff tests positive for Covid-19
Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kanungu District headquarters have been temporarily closed after a staff tested positive for covid-19. Hajji Shafiq Ssekandi Ssengooba, the Resident District Commissioner Kanungu said the closure is for the safety of everyone but also to ensure that the premises are properly disinfected. Ssengooba said the …
Read More »Uganda records highest COVID-19 single day deaths
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has recorded it’s highest number of COVID-19 deaths in a single day, after 10 deaths were reported on Friday by the ministry of health. This brings the number of recorded deaths in the country to 168 since July 2020 when the country registered its …
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