Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons with Disabilities have accused the Luweero District COVID-19 Task Force of flouting guidelines and exposing them to the risk of contracting coronavirus disease. The outcry came up when People with Disabilities and Muslim clerics were invited for relief food to enable them sustain …
Read More »Covid-19: One person discharged from Masaka hospital
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka Regional Referral Hospital on Thursday discharged one person, who has recovered from COVID-19. The recovered person, was the first to be admitted at the treatment centre. He is a Burundian refugee living in Uganda at Nakivale settlement camp in Isingiro district. He tested positive …
Read More »Stampede as positive truck driver is rounded up in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was a stampede in Gulu Town on Thursday evening after security personnel rounded up a truck driver who tested positive for Coronavirus Disease. The patient is an Eritrean national who had already spent two days in the community after he arrived in Gulu on …
Read More »Shortage of health workers hindering screening of truck drivers in Elegu
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru District has decried the shortage of health workers which has affected the screening of cargo truck drivers in Elegu Town Council, at the Uganda–South Sudan border point. The border is a major entry and exit route for traffic and cargo between Uganda and neighbouring …
Read More »Seven more laboratories accredited for COVID-19 testing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven laboratories have been added onto the testing network for COVID-19 in the country. Until yesterday, the country was only using the Entebbe based Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI to conduct COVID-19 tests. The new centres include Makerere University’s department of microbiology and immunology, National Health …
Read More »Gulu Hospital can only handle 10 COVID-19 patients
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has set a limit on the number of COVID-19 patients that the facility can handle. This is in response to the surging number of COVID-19 patients being sent to the facility for management and treatment. The hospital is treating five …
Read More »COVID-19: Survey finds no evidence of community transmission in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preliminary findings from the survey to assess the extent of community transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Uganda so far shows no evidence of community transmission. This was revealed by Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng on Thursday as she updated the country …
Read More »COVID-19: Truck drivers hit highest figure of 21
UPDATE UGANDA 🔸 21 new cases (truck drivers) ✳ 67,171 UG Tests done ✳ 160 Confirmed cases ✳ 63 Recoveries ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has just confirmed the country’s highest number of COVID-19 positive tests in a day – 21 of …
Read More »Q&A: Africa’s coronavirus enigma
Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP | Three months ago, Africa recorded its first case of coronavirus, sparking fears that the world’s poorest and least-equipped continent faced a catastrophe. But so far, the virus has not come anywhere close to wreaking the same damage in Africa as in Europe and the US …
Read More »Coronavirus vaccine may be ready in a year: EU agency
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | A vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be ready in a year’s time under an “optimistic” scenario, based on trials that are underway, the European Medicines Agency said Thursday. The Amsterdam-based EU agency also played down fears expressed by the WHO that the virus might …
Read More »