Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | India’s health ministry announced on Monday that the country’s COVID-19 cases have surpassed 1.8 million, reaching 1,803,695. As many as 52,972 fresh cases were added to the tally in the past 24 hours, according to data released by the ministry. Meanwhile, 771 deaths took place …
Read More »DHO issues verbal COVID-19 results to reduce delays
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | District Health Officers (DHOs) have opted to offer verbal COVID-19 results for timely service, amidst piling pressure on the Ministry of Health over the delayed return of results. Masaka District DHO Dr Stuart Musisi says that since they stopped taking their results to the testing …
Read More »Uganda records 5th Covid19 death
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has recorded its fifth Covid19 death, the Health Ministry has revealed. The deceased is a 46-year-old female Ugandan of Indian origin. The deceased, a resident of Kibuli a city suburb was first admitted at Kibuli Muslim hospital with symptoms related to the viral respiratory …
Read More »Uganda’s tourism feels COVID heat
TOURISM: ‘Uganda cannot just sit back and wait for the crisis to be over’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | If the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t happen this year, this was supposed to be a “super year” for Uganda’s tourism industry. “By November, last year, we already knew that we would …
Read More »COVID-19 cases in Philippines top 100,000 with record-high 5,032 new cases
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 103,185 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported a record-high 5,032 new cases on Sunday, making a record daily increase for the fourth consecutive day. The DOH reported 3,954 new cases on Thursday, 4,063 …
Read More »Pastors arrested in Mbarara for defying COVID-19 guidelines
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbarara have arrested two pastors of Source of Healing Church for conducting a church service contrary to the COVID-19 guidelines. Following the confirmation of COVID19 cases in Uganda, President, Yoweri Museveni ordered all places of worship closed to ensure social distancing to avoid …
Read More »Suspected Covid-19 patient dies in Kiruhura
Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected coronavirus patient in Kiruhura district has died at Rushere community hospital. The deceased who was under isolation is a resident of Bwashamure, Kenshunga sub county. He was admitted on Monday after presenting Covid-19 like signs and symptoms that include body weakness, sore …
Read More »NABAKOOBA: Wearing of masks to be mandatory
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of Information and National Guidance, Judith Nabakooba has announced that wearing of masks while in public will now be mandatory. Nabakooba said government will start enforcing it now that the Ministry of Health has started to distribute masks in the districts of Kampala, Wakso and Mukono. …
Read More »EU funds for equipment to extract plasma from COVID-19 survivors
Brussels, Belgium | XINHUA | The European Union (EU) has made available up to 40 million euros (47.1 million U.S. dollars) to purchase specialized equipment to increase the collection of plasma from COVID-19 survivors for the treatment of people who contract the disease, the European Commission said Friday in a …
Read More »Incomplete shutdown among factors contributing to U.S. soaring COVID-19 cases: Fauci
Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday incomplete shutdown is among factors contributing to the surging COVID-19 cases in the country. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases made the remarks at a House subcommittee hearing when …
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