Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Absa Bank Uganda Limited has donated four mobile isolation EpiTents units valued at Shs 100 million to the Ministry of health to support the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation was handed over by the bank’s top bank officials to the Ministry of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The exclusion of district leaders from the distribution of relief food in Wakiso district has sparked off misunderstandings with local leaders insisting that it may result in fraud. The government is distributing food to families whose livelihood was disrupted by the lockdown implemented as one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 2020 Catholic Uganda Martyr’s Day feast slated for May 29th for the youth and June 3 for the rest has been called off due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For the first time in many years, the annual catholic Uganda …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan scientists are still puzzled about the few COVID-19 cases reported in the country. Uganda has the lowest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the East African block. Rwanda and Kenya have 212 and 374 confirmed cases respectively. Tanzania has 306 cases while Uganda …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local defense Unit (LDU) personnel in Kitgum district are unhappy about delayed payment of their salaries, security officials in the district have revealed. More than 100 LDUs currently stationed at Kitgum Central police station are providing security to aid the smooth enforcement of directives by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new campaign has been launched to increase financing for Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to raise its capacity for securing essential diagnostics and medical supplies needed for COVID-19 response in Africa. The One by One; Target COVID-19 campaign, spearheaded by Africa-CDC, the …

Kisoro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two people have been quarantined at Kisoro Primary Teachers College in Kisoro district after it emerged that they got into contact with a COVID-19 positive truck driver at Uganda-Rwanda border of Chanika last week.  Nick Muneza, the Assistant District Health Officer Kisoro, says that the …

Berlin, Germany | AFP |  On a sunny Sunday in April, 20 people were enjoying a barbecue in the city of Schwerin in northern Germany. The police promptly intervened, slapping them with a fine for breaking new social distancing rules to limit the spread of COVID-19. They were alerted to the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The closest date that a COVID-19 vaccine can be ready is June 2021 according to scientists and researchers.   Over 100 vaccines are being developed globally in laboratories in the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe and even China. 76 of these are being followed by …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A latest clinical trial in the United States shows that Remdesivir drug is effective in the treatment of the novel coronavirus. The experimental drug by the Gilead Sciences Inc has been under clinical trial treating COVID-19 patients for the last two weeks in the United …