Tag Archives: Monica Musenero

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda on Tuesday recorded its highest cases of COVID-19 after 701 people tested positive for the disease. The cases were part of 5,578 samples that were tested. According to the Ministry of Health, the highest numbers of reported cases were from Kampala with 290 positives …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Only 10 to 15  per cent of COVID-19 infections are currently detected in the country according to the ministry of health. At the moment, 4,000 samples are tested on average every day.  However, health experts say this figure does not represent the actual number of …

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 …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandans have been advised to use the country’s first COVID-19 death as an eye-opener that the disease is real and lethal. The call was made moments after the Ministry of Health confirmed the first death due to coronavirus disease in the country.  The deceased was …

Kampala, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandans should expect more Covid19 positive cases and possible deaths, according to health experts. Although Uganda has been reporting several Covid19 cases since March, 2020, health officials say the pandemic has just arrived in the country. The officials say positive Covid19 cases are set …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  All truck drivers employed in Uganda will have to undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19. This is according to new operating procedures released on Saturday.  As part of the new measures, transport or logistic companies will have to test all their drivers within the country and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The National COVID-19 Taskforce has agreed that all trucks entering Uganda will have only one person on board for the next four weeks in a move to control the movement and exposure of Ugandans to foreign truck drivers.  The meeting which was convened yesterday decided …