Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kikuube district COVID-19 taskforce has suspended water transport across Lake Albert following the surging cases of COVID-19 in the district and the country at large. Kikuube shares a porous border point with the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC which is also battling the same pandemic. …
Read More »World COVID-19 death toll this year already tops that of 2020
New York, U.S. | Xinhua | More people have died from COVID-19 this year than in 2020, despite progress of vaccination in the rich world, reported The Wall Street Journal on Friday. “It took less than six months for the globe to record more than 1.88 million COVID-19 deaths this year,” …
Read More »Taxi operators create illegal stages near district boundaries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi operators along the Kampala-Jinja highway and Gayaza-Bugerere road have shifted their operations to areas near the district boundaries. This follows the ban on inter-district travel that was instituted by President Museveni on Sunday following a surge in the Covid-19 cases. To stop taxis crossing …
Read More »Covid-19: RwandAir suspends flights to Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | RwandAir, the national flag carrier of Rwanda has suspended flights to and from Uganda due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. Uganda has registered a spike in COVID-19 cases since mid-April when the second wave began, registering an increase of more than 130 percent …
Read More »Kampala 999 patrol commander SSP Bamuzibire succumbs to Covid-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police fraternity is mourning the death of Senior Superintendent of Police – SSP Samuel Bamuzibire who has been the Kampala Metropolitan 999 Patrol Commander. Bamuzibire according to sources at Naguru police headquarters succumbed to the coronavirus (COVID-19) at Nsambya hospital. “Bamuzibire has just died …
Read More »Kitgum parents asked to isolate students
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents in Kitgum district have been asked to isolate their children who returned from school pending a mass Covid-19 testing exercise. The caution from medical workers and leaders comes just a day after 47 students out of 280 who were subjected to the RDT …
Read More »Mabirizi challenges president’s Covid-19 directives
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking to quash the directives issued by President Yoweri Museveni and Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo suspending several operations due to Covid-19. On Sunday, President Museveni announced a 42-day closure of schools to control COVID-19 …
Read More »WHO says 47 African countries could miss COVID-19 vaccination target
African countries are off-track in terms of inoculating 10 percent of their population against the virus Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Nine out of ten African countries could miss the target of vaccinating 10 percent of their population against COVID-19 by September, dimming hopes of containing the pandemic in the continent, …
Read More »200 labour export companies in crisis as flights to UAE are suspended
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Arab Emirates-UAE has suspended flights from Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19. The move has thrown Uganda’s over 200 labour ‘externalization’ companies in crisis as most of their clients (employers) who take in …
Read More »Uganda Premier League warns clubs against violating Covid-19 SOPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Premier League (UPL) body has warned clubs that participate in the league over violating the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) in the remaining matches. The development comes after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni okayed sports to remain operating even after closing some schools and …
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