Tag Archives: Truck drivers

Kampala, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  36 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 593. The new cases were part of 1,310 samples that were tested on Friday. All the new cases are Ugandan contacts to people who have already tested positive …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Three truck drivers who tested positive to COVID-19 have been discharged from Gulu Regional Referral Hospital.  The drivers have been receiving treatment at the isolation ward after they tested positive for COVID-19 virus last month at Elegu Border Point. This brings the number of discharged …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hon. Odonga Otto and Hon. Gilbert Olyanya have been charged with incitement of violence and negligent acts likely to cause the spread of infectious diseases. The Members of Parliament for Aruu County and Kilak South respectively were charged alongside two other suspects identified as …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from Acholi want the government to put Elegu town council in Amuru district under quarantine for 21 days. According to the MPs, following the emergence of several cases of truck drivers testing positive at the Elegu border post between Uganda and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  In my 31 years as a driver, I have never seen anything like this…” This was John Lubowa’s first remark as he sat down to narrate the truck drivers’ current ordeal as they transport goods across the East African region during the coronavirus crisis.   Lubowa …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Another 28 Ugandan nationals have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 282. The positive cases were from 2,004 samples that were tested at the Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI and the Central Public Health Laboratory- CPHL. Twenty-one of the confirmed …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Kayunga district are scared of delivering agricultural produce to the designated collection centres after reports that three COVID-19 positive truck drivers were picked from the area. Kayunga district taskforce designated four produce collection centres in different sub-counties to ease trade because of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police has warned managers and owners of designated parking premises for long distance trucks against overcharging drivers. Speaking at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala in the weekly Joint Security Taskforce briefing, Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson said they have received a number of …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has cautioned that the lifting of lockdown restrictions should not be a reason for excitement in Uganda today. Instead, the public should be worried about the possible increase in COVID-19 infections.   The warning comes barely a week …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Twenty-three  new cases of Coronavirus disease have been recorded in the country, bringing Uganda’s count to 198 nationals. These were part of 1,187 samples tested On Saturday from the border points and the Uganda Virus Research Institute. 19 of the reported 23 cases …