Tag Archives: quarantine

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has so far delivered nine hundred thousand dozes of Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) vaccines to affected areas, two months after it announced a mass vaccination exercise. The country has been battling an FMD outbreak since December 2020, when it was first detected …

Kiruhura district was put under quarantine following the outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease two weeks ago  Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Godson Muheirwe, the Kiruhura town council veterinary officer has been arrested for violating the Foot and Mouth disease quarantine. It is alleged that Muheirwe returned cows suffering from Foot …

Ban on the sale of milk has been lifted for two weeks under strict regulations Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Kiruhura and Kazo districts have reversed the earlier ban imposed on the sale of milk. The two districts that are under quarantine following the outbreak of Foot and Mouth …

Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lyantonde district veterinary authorities have relaxed the ban on the sale and movement of cattle and animal products in the district. Early this year, the district authorities banned the sale and movement of cattle and animal products in the district to contain the Foot and …

Gov’t imposed animal quarantine on numerous districts to curtail the spread of the Foot and Mouth disease Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Livestock farmers are calling on the government to privatize the import, purchase and distribution of farm inputs especially vaccines to improve the animal health service delivery. This comes at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has imposed a quarantine on five districts in southwestern Uganda following the new outbreak of the foot and mouth disease. The affected districts are Gomba, Isingiro, Kazo, Kiruhura and Sembabule where the disease has been detected in many herds. Movement on livestock and livestock …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police, Martin Ochola has released names of successful applicants for the 5,000 vacancies of Probation Police Constables –PPCs. Ochola has dispatched the names to regional and divisional police headquarters where all applicants can check out for their names. Ochola according to …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district taskforce has closed down all coronavirus quarantine centers over lack of funds. The quarantine centers are Pandwong health center III and St Joseph’s Hospital all in Kitgum municipality which hasve been closed for the past two weeks and one month respectively. They were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH)  is set call all people that returned from the Middle East and India in September for retesting, owing to the high number of positive cases recorded. This was revealed by Dr. Richard Mugahi, the Ministry of Health official in charge …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Quarantine centres are set to close after people who returned from abroad before October 1st, completed their required 14-day stay. The Ministry’s senior Public Relations Officer Emmanuel Ainebyoona said everyone that is coming into the country will now be required to present COVID-19 negative …