COVID-19 Updates

Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kumi district taskforce for COVID-19 has banned stopovers of all cargo truck drivers in the district. The municipality is a transit route for long-distance trucks including fuel tanks destined for South Sudan, Kenya and other areas. Kumi Municipality Mayor, Richard Ochom says that more …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has ordered all Members of Parliament who benefited from the Shillings 10 billion allocated to them for COVID-19 activities to deposit it back with the Parliamentary Commission, district or Covid-19 National Task Force. Justice Michael Elubu issued the orders on Wednesday afternoon …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Lt. Deo Kato, the Commandment of the UPDF Marine Unit on Kazinga Channel has closed Katunguru fish landing site citing failure to implement covid19 preventive guidelines. Kazinga Channel connects Lakes Edward and George. Lt. Deo Kato says they resolved to close the landing site because …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A study published in the journal Nature Research shows that the coronavirus can stay and rotate within the air for two hours in crowded or places that have limited ventilation.  In a study carried out in two hospitals in Wuhan China at the height of …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Test results from the Uganda Virus Research Institute show that two deaths that occured at Lacor Hospital in Gulu were not caused by COVID-19 as was suspected by health officials at the hospital. The two deaths that occured on Sunday were of a 59-year-old Kenyan truck …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Three more people were discharged from Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital on Tuesday after recovering from the corona virus disease-Covid19. They include a couple and a male adult. The couple left with their month old baby girl who was delivered at the hospital and three-year-old son …

Nwoya, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Up to five contacts of three COVID-19 positive foreign truck drivers been quarantined in Nwoya district. The three truck drivers, who were intercepted last week in Pakwach district include two Kenyans and a Tanzanian national. They were part of the 11 truck drivers who tested …

Berlin, Germany | AFP |  Bayern Munich’s Alphonso Davies says it would be a “disaster” if the coronavirus reaches one of the world’s many refugee camps — like the one he was born in. The 19-year-old started life in a refugee camp in Ghana after his parents fled the civil war …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ongoing lockdowns and major disruptions to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in seven million unintended pregnancies in the coming months, according to data released by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).   UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem says that the pandemic is deepening …

New York, United States | AFP |  For the first time Tuesday, hundreds of New Yorkers were able to get tested for COVID-19 without having serious symptoms or underlying health issues — hopeful they had already contracted and beaten the potentially deadly disease. Dozens of people wearing masks — many young …