Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many COVID-19 survivors lose interest in the things they used to like, clinicians have revealed. As of February 22, 2021, Uganda had registered 14,478 COVID-19 recoveries countrywide. However, doctors say that 70 percent of the survivors lost interest in life, a condition referred to as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As a result of the changing findings into treatment of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ministry of Health is set to change their treatment protocols to match emerging evidence. Dr. William Worodria who heads the National COVID-19 case management team told Uganda Radio Network – URN …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to start production of possible preventive treatments for COVID-19 using plasma from recovered patients. Antibodies from the plasma of recovered patients will be harvested and processed into either capsules or injections that can be given to patients that test positive for the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan Medical Experts have cautioned against the consideration of herd immunity as an option for curbing COVID-19. Similar to an argument by the World Health Organisation, they argue that the strategy is scientifically problematic. Herd immunity occurs when a large portion of a community (the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is planning to go ahead and treat Covi-19 patients using Remdesvir, an injectable drug that had been developed to treat Ebola but failed to tame the deadly virus. But the decision comes after a World Health Organization study found the drug to have …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health experts have asked African countries to use steroids such as dexamethasone with caution while treating people infected with COVID-19. Dr Marybeth Maritim Cherono an infectious diseases expert based in Nairobi said people who use steroids have a higher chance of developing diabetes and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Saliva samples have similar sensitivity in the detection of SARS – COV- 2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease-COVID-19 just like the currently widely used nasal swabs, a new study suggests. The study, conducted by professors at Yale School of Public Health involved 70 COVID-19 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Laura Nagasha Barumba, Uganda’s first patient to recover from coronavirus disease also known as COVID-19 was among the first one to respond to the Ministry of Health’s call for blood donation. As she spoke to URN at Mulago Hospital last evening, her blood had just …
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