Epidemics Tracker

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Poor adherence to the standard operating procedures put in place by the Ministry of Health to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections is to blame for the surge in infections in Teso sub region. Apparently, Teso region is currently the epicentre of COVID-19 infections. Dr. …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua city Covid-19 taskforce is bitter over its failure to access Covid-19 response funds. The city council approved a budget of Shillings 338 million three months ago to facilitate the Covid-19 response. Part of the money is meant for the allowance of VHTs involved in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has tasked a ten-member select committee comprising ten officials from the National Planning Authority-NPA, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA, security agencies and the ministries of health and tourism to address loopholes in the Covid-19 testing procedures at Entebbe International Airport. Nabbanja who …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nearly 80 percent of teachers and school support staff in Pader district have already received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine. The Pader district secretary for Health, also the LCV vice Chairperson Justine Ocen says latest estimates indicate that over 78 percent of …

  Johannesburg, South Africa | XINHUA |  Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech on Friday launched the Phase III clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine on a group of children and teenagers between six months and 17 years old in South Africa. The study, carried out in collaboration with South African …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some officials from Ethiopian Airlines, Fly Dubai and Emirates are concerned that some passengers have tested positive for COVID-19 or dodged taking tests at Entebbe International Airport amidst restrictions from United Arab Emirates-UAE. The officials say much as less than 50 people are traveling …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale health department has said that the number of people living with the HIV/AIDS virus in the district is far above their projections. According to statistics from the district health department, the district has seen a 52% rise in HIV/Aids cases, according to tests …

London, UK | XINHUA |  Wealthy Western nations’ hoarding of vaccines will result in thousands of needless deaths from COVID-19 in the world’s poorest countries every month, unless urgent steps are taken to distribute jabs more fairly, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said. “Thousands will die this month …

Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Sembabule district are investigating an incident in which a prominent bar owner whom they were chasing fell down and died. The police were chasing Didas Mayinja Sseruyange, the proprietor of Mayinja Pub, in Kawanga trading centre, Mabindo sub-county while enforcing the COVID-19 directives …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers in Kitgum district are concerned about patients testing positive for Covid-19 after they have recovered. This follows reports that some patients have persistently been testing positive for Covid-19, more than two weeks after undergoing the home-based care management. According to the health workers, …