COVID-19 Updates

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private healthcare providers in Kampala have accused the government of not playing their part amidst continuous backlash over the high fees for treating Covid-19 patients. Speaking during a meeting organized by Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development (HEPs) Uganda on Thursday, Dr Ian Clarke, …

Canberra, Australia | Xinhua | Australia’s national science agency has found that a “warm” COVID-19 vaccine suitable for remote locations is effective against all key variants of the virus. In a study published on Thursday, researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) evaluated the efficacy of heat-tolerant coronavirus …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Africa’s COVID-19 deaths that have spiked by more than 40 percent in the recent weeks are a testimony of the severity of a third wave currently sweeping across the continent, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, …

Monica Nakanjako succumbed to COVID-19 last month Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital is stuck with the body of Monica Nakanjako who succumbed to COVID-19 last month. Eric Sserwanga, an administrator at the hospital says that Nakanjako died on June 23, 2021, four days after her admission. …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Covid-19 taskforce have identified the lack of specialized human resource to manage the critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Units as a major hindrance in the battle against Covid-19. According to Dr Celestine Barigye, director Mbarara regional referral hospital, some …

Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | As Africa is grappling with a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, its total caseload surpassed 6 million on Wednesday, following an increase of 1 million cases within only about one month since June 12. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 6,027,574 as …

Residents want all asymptomatic Covid-19 patients under home based care sent to isolation centers for easy management Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kabale district want the home based care management for Covid-19 patients suspended. In late May, Kabale district Covid-19 taskforce rolled out the home-based care management for Covid-19 patients …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday evening authorized Shillings 3.7 billion funding to Gulu University to speed up its research into the coronavirus disease cure research. On Monday, the University’s Faculty of Bio-technology and Pharmaceutical Studies (PharmBiotec) headed by Dr Alice Veronica Lamwaka revealed it …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has drawn up a resurgence plan worth 1.32 trillion Shillings in anticipation of another coronavirus wave. The plan is highlighted in a report by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja scheduled to be presented before Parliament next week. It comes at a time when the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) has had 298 of its patients test positive for Covid-19. These were identified through an initiative that requires everyone seeking cancer treatment to first undertake a Covid-19 PCR test. Dr Nixon Niyonzima who heads laboratory services at the Institute told …