Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Suzanne Kiwanuka, a senior lecturer in Health Policy Planning and Management at Makerere University School of Public Health has called for a quick revision of the criteria of admitting patients such that only critical cases are considered for isolation. Uganda recorded a total …
Read More »19 coronavirus cases in president’s office
Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP | Nineteen staff in the office of Azerbaijan’s president have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said, as authorities in the repressive Caucasus nation struggle to contain an escalating crisis. A further 13 infections were also confirmed among employees of the emergency situations ministry and the …
Read More »Kikuubo crowds enhancing COVID-19 transmissions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans are increasingly becoming complacent, ignoring all safety measures initially imposed by the government to control the spread of coronavirus. Although the government ordered strict enforcement of social distancing in markets and all public places and wearing of face masks, the guidelines have been …
Read More »Kyotera district COVID task force stuck with 10 patients
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyotera district COVID-19 task force is stuck with ten confirmed cases of coronavirus disease due to lack of transport to Masaka Hospital. The patients have been in isolation since last week, Monday when they tested positive during the community mass surveillance testing exercise in …
Read More »Kitgum runs out of Covid-19 sample collection kits
Kitgum, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum District has run out of coronavirus sample collection kits. This comes just a few days after the District health officials collected swab samples from over 50 contacts of a 34-year-old resident of Pandwong division who tested positive for COVID-19. William Komakech, the Kitgum …
Read More »Six COVID-19 patients admitted in Gulu regional referral hospital
Gulu, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has received six new COVID-19 positive patients. The patients who are all cargo truck drivers from Elegu One-Stop Border entry point in Amuru District were admitted on Tuesday evening. This brings the number of patients admitted at the facility to …
Read More »Namboole stadium to serve as COVID-19 treatment center
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has said government plans to step up its treatment bed numbers to 40,000 as the COVID-19 pandemic cases rise in the country. Museveni said although ministry of health officials were planning to create a special 9000-bed capacity for …
Read More »27 quarantined as Tororo registers two COVID-19 community cases
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 27 people have been placed under quarantine in Tororo district after two community members tested positive to coronavirus disease. The two community cases are believed to be contacts of truck drivers who recently tested positive for the disease. Tororo District Health Officer Dr David …
Read More »Two arrested for selling purported COVID-19 herbal cure
Fort Portal, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT | Two men in Fort Portal municipality are in trouble for selling a purported cure for coronavirus disease- Covid-19. The suspects have been identified as William Isingoma and Abdullah Gumisiriza, both residents of Hakibaale sub county in Kabarole district. The Rwenzori West region police spokesperson, Vincent …
Read More »Do not blame me for any COVID-19 deaths – Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that he has played his part in containing the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and can no longer take the blame if Ugandans start dying due to “carelessness”. Museveni said people have not died in Uganda because initially, …
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