Epidemics Tracker

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Senior officials of the World Health Organisation have warned that  there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.  In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials and leaders in Kasese District are worried as cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the district continues to increase. Kasese district has over 826 accumulative cases and 26 deaths. They attribute the surge in COVID-19 cases to laxity in compliance to standard operating …

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Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT |    The coronavirus spread has suddenly spiked in Egypt as the north African country reported 911 new COVID-19 infections and 42 deaths on Wednesday, said Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed. After this spike, total deaths reached 7,209 while infections hit 127,972, the minister told reporters …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has urged his subjects and other Ugandans to strictly observe all the set Covid-19 guidelines as they celebrate Christmas. In his Christmas message, Kabaka Mutebi encourages Ugandans to follow all the guidance and directives given by medical …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Covid-19 taskforce is now like an army fighting a war without intelligence services as for sometime now they have not been monitoring, classifying and sequencing which strains of coronavirus are circulating in the country. As such, the experts cannot tell even whether the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has come out to discourage the use of the face shields as an alternative to face masks. The Ministry of Health has recently noted the increasing numbers of Ugandans using face shields instead of face masks as a preventive measure against Covid-19, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has issued guidelines for the proper handling and burial of COVID-19 victims to avoid exposing the public to infection. The Primary Healthcare State Minister, Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu read out the new guidelines at a press briefing at the government-owned Uganda Media …

I was told that, “nurses are busy people, they are always rushing to save lives and we thought this special attention would help save them some time that would otherwise be spent in the long lines.” COMMENT | Judith Hope Kiconco | I was at a supermarket recently for last minute …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six COVID-19 patients have escaped from the Mulago Specialised National Referral Hospital where they have been on treatment, the Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Rose Mary Banyima has revealed. While she couldn’t reveal the identities of the COVID-19 patients, she said one was admitted with his …