COVID-19 Updates

Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six health workers of Gombe Hospital have been quarantined after getting into contact with a COVID-19 positive patient at Buyiga island in Mpigi district. The health workers who have been quarantined at the staff quarters include a clinical officer, a midwife and four nurses. …

Washington, United States | AFP |  When epidemiologists talked about “flattening the curve,” they probably didn’t mean it this way: the US hit its peak coronavirus caseload in April, but since that time the graph has been on a seemingly unending plateau. That’s unlike several other hard-hit countries which have successfully …

Kitgum, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Kitgum District COVID-19 taskforce has embarked on a drive to trace all contacts of a 34-year-old male resident of Pandwong Cell in Pandwong Division who tested positive for COVID-19. The man, whose results were released on Friday, had reportedly been in the community …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Services have said that they have forwarded all the particulars of all the people in their custody for the violations of the guidelines on the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking today at the Media Centre in Kampala, Frank Biane, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several legislators are demanding to be tested for Covid-19 because of their exposure to the public. This comes a few days after government announced plans to test all ministers for Covid-19 given the fact that they have been involved in the interventions to combat …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district Covid-19 taskforce has received assortment of Personal Protective Equipment- PPE worth Shillings 87.5 million. The PPE was donated by UNFPA under the Women, Adolescents and Youth Rights and Empowerment-WAY program with support from the Danish Embassy. The PPE comprise surgical masks, N95 …

🔺 June 7th – new COVID-19 cases 30 🔺 Total confirmed cases 646. 🔺 18 new cases are contacts to previously confirmed truck drivers. 🔸Total Recoveries: 103 🔹Samples tested today: 3,758 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has today announced 30 new COVID-19 cases from the 3,758 samples tested yesterday. …

Paris, France | AFP | Declared coronavirus infections topped seven million globally, some two-thirds in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally of official figures at 0700 GMT Monday. At least 7,003,851 cases have been officially recorded around the world, including 402,867 deaths, and Europe is the hardest-hit continent with 2,275,305 cases …

Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty nine contacts of a COVID-19 patient have been quarantined at the Mayuge based Magamaga Military barracks. Authorities said the contacts who were identified on Sunday have been quarantined at the barracks. The patient is a wife to a soldier who had came to nurse …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans should expect more Covid-19 positive cases and possible deaths according to health experts. Although Uganda has been reporting several Covid-19 cases since March, 2020, health officials say the pandemic has just arrived in the country. The officials say positive Covid-19 cases are set …