COVID-19 Updates

  Windhoek, Namibia | XINHUA |  Namibia’s President Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingos are on course for a speedy recovery after both of them tested positive for COVID-19 last Wednesday, official said Sunday. In a statement, Alfredo Hengari, the spokesperson for the Presidency, said the two are in …

New Delhi, India | XINHUA |  India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh on Sunday announced an ease of its COVID-19 lockdown measures, including allowing shops to open on weekdays. However, no relaxation is allowed for cities and districts with over 600 cases. There are at least such 20 cities or …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than half of the teachers in Nabilatuk district may not be able to access class today because of strict guidelines issued by the district COVID-19 task force. According to the district COVID-19, only teachers with COVID-19 vaccination certificates will be allowed to teach. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-one-year-old Henry Muwanguzi is a resident of Kiwatule, a Kampala city suburb. He got his COVID-19 jab last week. Muwanguzi is neither a doctor nor a teacher. He does not suffer from any comorbidity. He enjoys singing and exercises four times a week. He is the …

Windhoek, Namibia | XINHUA |   Namibia’s hospitals are full to capacity, the health ministry said on Saturday as the southern African nation battles a surge in COVID-19 cases. “The numbers of new cases are progressively increasing on a daily basis especially in Windhoek residential areas,” a statement from the ministry …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Ugandans who do not have ‘urgent issues’ that require them to travel to Kampala, to stay away from the country’s capital and the neighbouring Wakiso district for a while. He made the appeal in his televised national address …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Busia district Covid-19 task force wants the national task force to close Busia border following Kenya’s declaration of Kisumu city as a hotspot for the “Indian variant.” According to the Busia district Covid-19 task force, Kisumu, which is 110 kilometers away is a big threat …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is expected to outline new measures to contain what is said to be a second COVID-19 wave that has hit the country. His address come days after the Ministry of Health sent out an alert warning of increasing admissions, deaths and …

CORONAVIRUS 2ND WAVE: How will Uganda cope without vaccines? THE INDEPENDENT | RONALD MUSOKE | The let-up in COVID-19 infections at the beginning of this year could have made many Ugandans think that they had finally won the battle against the disease. This was mainly because of the low number …

  Kinyara health center III operations have been temporarily suspended Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kinyara health center III in Kabango town council, Masindi district has been closed after eight health workers tested positive for COVID-19. The facility is located within Kinyara Sugar Works Company Limited premises and it serves the company …