Tag Archives: COVID-19

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police were heavily deployed at the Jinja Regional Referral Hospital as COVID-19 patients attempted to flee from the isolation centre.   The patients were protesting the poor living conditions at the centre, late meals, poor sanitation and delayed results. The patients further challenged the absence of …

  COMMENT | Crispin Kaheru | It is increasingly clear that Uganda will head to the polls in 2021 despite some calls for the postponement of the elections until when THE COVID-19 pandemic wanes. In principle, elections thrive on three fundamental elements (call them liberties) The first is Freedom of movement (mobility), which …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a strengthened and renewed multilateralism as the world is striving to respond and recover from COVID-19. “As we strive to respond and recover, we must re-examine many longstanding assumptions and reconsider the approaches that have led us …

Washington, US | XINHUA | As many countries gradually reopen their economies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has called for further action to support a resilient recovery. “Many countries are gradually reopening, even as the (COVID-19) pandemic remains with us,” Georgieva wrote in a blog published …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Conflict-related displacements and high inflation rates on top of the impact of COVID-19 prevention measures are causing one of the worst food crises in recent years in Sudan, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Thursday. Almost a quarter of the …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Friday stressed that the African continent will need greater energy sources to build back better in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement was made by Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the UNECA, speaking during a webinar …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | A United Nations index report published Thursday shows that progress in tackling poverty is at risk now due to the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, although such progress was made before the pandemic hit. New figures show that before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, progress was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The secretary-general of the National Resistance Movement Justine Kasule Lumumba has asked the police and other law enforcement agencies to arrest any member of the National Resistance Movement [NRM] found flouting the COVID-19 guidelines. Speaking at the party headquarters, Lumumba said belonging to the ruling …

  Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The World Bank has approved US$15.2 million (Approx. Shs 57bn) to support Uganda’s efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as strengthen national systems for public health emergency preparedness under a new operation—the Uganda COVID-19 Response and Emergency …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of COVID-19 positive returnees is on the rise according to results released by the Ministry of Health today. Since Uganda started receiving returnees, 29 have tested positive for COVID-19. All the cases were detected during institutional quarantine at different centers. The most …