Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the country now stands at 317 after 36 new cases were recorded from tests conducted on Thursday. The new cases comprise 24 truck drivers who entered the country through the Elegu, Malaba and Lia points of entry. At …
Read More »Over 7,000 high risk travelers not tested for COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 7,000 high risk travellers that are believed to have entered the country between March 7 and March 20, 2020, were never tested for COVID-19. The call to test the travellers came at a time when all the country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases were from …
Read More »13 more truck driver’s test positive for COVID-19, cases jump to 139
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of Uganda’s COVID-19 cases has risen to 139 after 13 truck drivers tested positive yesterday. The new cases are seven Ugandans, five Kenyans and one Eritrean who arrived from Tanzania, South Sudan and Kenya via Mutukula, Elegu and Malaba border posts. These are …
Read More »Uganda registers 13 new COVID-19 cases
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has registered 13 new COVID-19 cases, the biggest number in a single day. This brings to 114, the number of confirmed Covid19 cases in Uganda. The 13 cases were identified from the 2,421 samples collected from truck drivers on May 8th, 2020. According …
Read More »Mutukula border post to get COVID-19 testing lab as cross border threat increases
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has undertaken to put up a stationed laboratory at the Uganda-Tanzania border of Mutukula to speed up the process of testing people for the novel Coronavirus. Doctor Diana Atwine, the Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary on Thursday led a team of …
Read More »Absa bank donates mobile tents worth Shs 100m to manage 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 …
Read More »Ministry of Health traces 14,000 travelers for COVID-19 testing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said it has so far traced and tested 14,000 people out of the 18,000 who came into the country from 7th to 22nd of March. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health announced that 18,000 people had …
Read More »Parliament’s continued sessions worry Health Ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health’s Permanent Secretary, Diana Atwine has expressed concern over Parliament’s continued sessions in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Although there have been several calls for Parliament to lockdown following confirmation of COVID-19 cases in Uganda and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s …
Read More »Gov’t pledges to account for COVID-19 funds
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has said that it will account for all the funds received for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, staff from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) handed over 376 million shillings to the Ministry of Health. This same amount was …
Read More »COVID-19: Health Ministry planning to turn Namboole stadium into a health facility
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is planning to turn Mandela National Stadium (Namboole) into a health facility if the number of COVID-19 cases increase. This was revealed on Wednesday by Diana Atwine, the Health Ministry Permanent Secretary while appearing before the parliamentary committee on …
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