Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bweyogerere in Kira Municipality in Wakiso district have raised fears of contracting Corona virus from cargo truck drivers who leave Namboole Stadium to buy drinks and food in the neighborhood. Namboole stadium is one of the designated parking areas for transit cargo trucks. …
Read More »Covid-19 positive truck driver intercepted in Mukono
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has intercepted the Ugandan truck driver who tested positive for the Corona virus disease-Covid19. The fuso truck driver was intercepted on Saturday evening at a police check point at the Mukono-Jinja- Bugerere road junction on his way from Kampala to Mbale district. …
Read More »COVID-19 hits White House, Fauci self isolates
Washington, United States | AFP | Top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci is among three members of the White House’s coronavirus task force who will self-isolate after potential exposure to the pathogen, US media reported Saturday. On Friday, reports that Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary had tested positive heightened …
Read More »Benin starts testing school teachers for virus
Cotonou, Benin | AFP | Benin on Saturday was conducting mass coronavirus testing of teachers ahead of the reopening of schools as part of a plan to loosen measures against the pandemic. The West African nation of 11 million is set to end six weeks of travel restrictions to key …
Read More »Obama: COVID-19 handling a ‘chaotic disaster’
Washington, United States | AFP | Former president Barack Obama has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it an “absolute chaotic disaster.” In a leaked web call Friday night with former members of his administration, Obama also said the Justice Department’s decision to …
Read More »East Africa plans to jointly test truck drivers for COVID-19
🔸 2 new cases May 9th 🔹 ( truck drivers) ✳ 56,767 tested ✳ 116 confirmed cases ✳ 55 recoveries ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | East African Community member states are considering the possibility of testing truck drivers before they embark on their journeys. This was …
Read More »Dresden squad placed in 14-day quarantine, Bundesliga restart blow
Berlin, Germany | AFP | Dynamo Dresden placed their entire squad into a 14-day quarantine on Saturday, just a week from the restart of the Bundesliga season, after the club reported two more cases of coronavirus. The decision means that Dynamo, who are bottom of the second division, will not …
Read More »WHO needs USD 1.3Bn to fund second phase of COVID-19 response
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation needs USD 1.3 billion (4 trillion Shillings) to meet its COVID-19 second response plans for 2020. The money is needed to ensure that the agency can provide testing kits, masks, medical gowns, gloves, face shields and other essential medical equipment needed …
Read More »Instant COVID-19 testing due to start at Malaba border post
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of health will start conducting instant COVID-19 tests at the Uganda-Kenyan border in Malaba this weekend. The announcement comes amid public uproar on the number of imported cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19, mainly among truck drivers. This morning, the ministry of health …
Read More »Nankabirwa, Committee chairpersons disagree on Constituency COVID-19 taskforce
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government Chief Whip Ruth Nankabirwa and Committee Chairpersons in parliament have disagreed on the proposed creation of Constituency Covid-19 taskforces with the latter pushing for the revival of the Constituency Development Fund-CDF. Nankabirwa met 40 Members of Parliament chairing different Parliament Committees on …
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