COVID-19 Updates

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Gulu District Chairperson Martin Ojara Mapenduzi and the Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Maj. Santo Okot Lapolo have been quarantined for suspected Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). They are among scores of radio presenters and health workers who were placed under both self and institutional quarantine as possible …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that clinical trials of the drug hydroxychloroquine will resume as it searches for potential coronavirus treatments. On May 25, the WHO announced it had temporarily suspended the trials to conduct a safety review, which has now concluded there is “no reason” to change the …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The Red Cross and the UN urged countries Wednesday to avoid trying to secure future immunisation jabs against the coronavirus for their populations only, calling for a true “people’s vaccine”. The groups spoke out as scientists race to identify and test possible vaccines for COVID-19, which …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Angaya health centre III in Unyama sub-county, Gulu district is temporarily closed and its staff quarantined. The move came shortly after a 72-year-old woman who visited the facility later tested positive for COVID-19. The woman allegedly picked the infection from her son she visited …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been quarantined at Hoima School of Nursing and Midwifery in Hoima district. The four are said to have entered the country through the porous border points of Lake Albert on May 30, 2020. they were sighted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have intercepted a COVID-19 positive truck driver in Kampala. The driver of the Fuso truck registration number UAR 119G was intercepted at Kobil fuel station near Bat Valley causing panic and fear among nearby traders and pump attendants. He tested positive at …

Mutukula, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Inadequate space at the Ministry of Health port laboratory in Mutukula is frustrating the COVID-19 testing exercise and control measures at the border post. The Ministry of Health last month commissioned a modern laboratory using the Genexpert technology at Mutukula border to support rapid …

Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has commenced testing of members of the community around the Elegu border post in Amuru district. The town which shares a common border with South Sudan approximately 100 kilometres north of Gulu has in recent weeks recorded a spike in …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Three truck drivers who tested positive to COVID-19 have been discharged from Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.  The drivers have been receiving treatment at the isolation ward after they tested positive for COVID-19 virus last month at Elegu Border Point. This brings the number of discharged …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Scientists have established that face masks and social distancing significantly reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections. This was established in their latest analysis of how SARS COV 2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease COVID-19 spreads.  The review published in The Lancet medical journal and …