Epidemics Tracker

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Regional Referral hospital has stopped admitting Covid-19 patients citing limited bed capacity. There are currently 16 Covid-19 patients in the isolation center at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital which has 10 beds. Dr. Emmanuel Tugaineyo Ituzo, the director Mbale Regional Referral Hospital says they …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials in Kasensero town council in Kyotera district have launched a manhunt for a Tanzanian national who escaped from isolation after testing positive for coronavirus disease last week. The Tanzanian national had temporarily been isolated at an undisclosed facility as health workers waited …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists in Uganda want to use convalescent plasma from healed patients to treat COVID-19 patients. Convalescent plasma is blood from people who’ve recovered. The plasma is picked from someone who has healed and administered to a patient, the antibodies in the plasma help fight …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries are cautiously starting to ease travel restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 according to research published by the World Tourism Organization. The details are published in the fourth edition of the agency’s report series titled COVID-19 Travel Restrictions; …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ICT Ministry together with Ministry of Heath, The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung  and UBC TV, will on Saturday host a  webinar on how to combat  misinformation. The theme of the webinar is “The Threat of Fake News During a Pandemic” “The abundance of misinformation swirling around COVID-19 …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Seven people have tested positive to Covid-19 at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. This brings the number of COVID-19 patients at the hospital to eleven.  The new cases are contacts of the first two businessmen from Bukedea and Soroti. The index cases in Teso have been …

MEASURES CONFIRMED ✳ June 4 – Resumption of public transport ✳ June 4 – Shopping malls to open ✳ Candidate class schools reopening plan postponed by a month ✳ Decision on Churches, Mosques delayed ✳ Decision on sports delayed Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has delayed a …

Top Italian doctor’s claim virus ‘no longer exists’ sparks row Rome, Italy | AFP | A claim by a leading Italian doctor that the new coronavirus “no longer exists” in the country sparked a furore Monday, with the government urging caution. Italy is preparing this week for the next big …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda is likely to lose $1.6 billion in expected revenue from tourism as a result of COVID-19 and most of the annual $1.3bn expected in remittances from the diaspora. He also said that the “lock-down cannot and should not continue indefinitely. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans who may be allowed to return into the country from overseas might face harsh penalties if they in any way violate the conditions of their return. Up to 2,400 Ugandans are stranded abroad as a result of lockdowns occasioned by an outbreak of …