Epidemics Tracker

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 …

  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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua Regional Referral Hospital has been hit by a shortage of oxygen as the health facility struggles to contain cases of the new and more aggressive COVID-19 strain. Arua hospital director, Dr Filbert Nyeko told the area COVID-19 taskforce that the hospital had admitted 58 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The resurgence of COVID-19 infections that have thrown the country into panic mode could have been avoided if politicians had listened to scientific reasoning during the recent election cycle. While daily COVID-19 positive cases had fallen to the lows of less than ten cases each …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale Regional Referral Hospital is struggling with space for coronavirus patients as numbers continue to surge. The facility was designated to handle patients from across the Kigezi region as the government decentralized COVID-19 case treatment services. Dr Sophie Namasopo, the hospital director says that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | World Bank in its new report has urged Uganda to promote green growth to beat the economic vulnerabilities caused by the devastating impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The bank in its 17th Uganda Economic Update, published on Tuesday, said lockdown measures pushed many businesses …