Tag Archives: COVID-19

Belgrade, Serbia | XINHUA | The just-concluded European tour of China’s top diplomat further demonstrated a need for stronger ties between the two sides to uphold multilateralism, stick to openness and scale up cooperation in the post-coronavirus world. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s trip to Italy, the …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Top executives at Uganda Manufacturers Association are yet to decide on the fate of this year’s Uganda International Trade Fair as the government of Uganda continues to discourage social gatherings that might fuel the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. In a telephone interview with The Independent …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is reviewing the teacher education curricula to address gaps in methods, techniques, and approaches of teaching which were exposed by the COVID-19 unprecedented lockdown. The review comes amidst the continued closure of schools that has left more than …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by Ministry of Health to start charging for COVID-19 tests will hit truck drivers hard, their leaders has said. The leadership of the Regional Lorry Drivers and Transporters Association-RLDTA has called the decision ‘inhumane’, and said it is likely to cause more harm than …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |The government has allowed Universities and other educational institutions with final-year students undertaking health-related training to reopen and enable students to complete their studies. It is hoped that this will fill the human resource gap that the health sector is likely to face as COVID-19 …

Kampala, Uganda |  FLAVIA NASSAKA & JUDITH KUKUNDA | The Ministry of Health today starts admitting positive COVID-19 patients at a new treatment facility at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole on the outskirts of the city.  Col. Edith Nakalema, who heads the statehouse anti-corruption unit confirmed to journalists last evening that she had …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has returned a file in which a Soroti based lawyer Leonard Otee is pursuing the prosecution of Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa over the repatriation of Businessman Ben Kabuya’s family during the COVID-19 lockdown.  Three members of Kavuya’s family travelled …

Geneva, Switzerland | XINHUA | The World Health Organization (WHO) wants to see children returning to school and people returning to the workplace, but at the same time, no country can just pretend the pandemic is over, the head of the WHO said Monday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told …

United Nations | XINHUA | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for a major push to prevent “years, even generations” worth of progress on women’s empowerment from being lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an address to a virtual townhall with young women from civil society organizations, the …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday directed the Ministry of Health to publish details of all procurements related to COVID-19, particularly those undertaken by the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) amid allegations of corruption. Kenyatta said the publication of procurement information including winners of tenders …