✳ 72,161 Overall tests done ✳ 248 Confirmed cases ✳ 63 Recoveries ✳ 0 deaths Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Vice-President Dr. Specioza Wandira Kazibwe has said Uganda has contained the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and is well placed to ease the lock-down. She said that ‘technically’ …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine Sunday night put up a live online performance from his home on the outskirts of Kampala, to mark Mother’s Day. The show dominated social media, coming at a time when live shows are no longer possible …
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LOCK-DOWN EASED ✳ Agriculture will continue ✳ No opening Airport and other passenger air transport ✳ Bussing, cycling allowed ✳ Wholesalers allowed to open ✳ Hardware shops allowed to open ✳ Insurance providers to work ✳ Metal and wood workshops ✳ Repair workshops and garages ✳ Lawyers allowed to work …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of critical UPDF doctors, nurses and other experts who have been supporting the treatment of the Coronavirus (COVID -19) patients at the Mulago National Referral Hospital have been released today. Dr. Byarugaba Baterana, the Mulago Specialised National Referral Hospital Executive Director released …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization who has been criticised by the US for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, warned for years that countries were not prepared in case one broke out. The most shocking outbreak at …
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KAMPALA, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Evidence Action – an international NGO with its Africa regional headquarters in Nairobi – has launched the COVID-19 Prevention Hygiene Project in 11 Ugandan districts to support rural communities in slowing the spread of COVID-19. This project …
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Uganda COVID-19 history 🔹 April 14 – ……. – TOTAL 54 🔸 April 13 – 0 new cases – TOTAL 54 ↘ April 13 – 3 Discharged 🔹 April 12 – 1 new case – TOTAL 54 ↘ April 11 – 4 Discharged 🔸 April 9-11 – 0 new – …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni will shortly give further guidelines on how Uganda will manage the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be after the national prayers and intercessions from different religious leaders in Uganda that started at 2pm. It is being broadcast on major TVs and radios. “There …
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▶ Cabinet decisions on COVID-19 (CoronaVirus) ✳ All schools closed from Friday ✳ All religious gatherings suspended ✳ Political and cultural public meetings ✳ Bans Ugandan travel to China, US, Italy, UK ✳ Wedding gatherings suspended, except if small numbers involved ✳ Funerals to be regulated ✳ Discos, bars, concerts …
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Katuna, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 4th Quadripartite Heads of State Summit has set new conditions to be met before the Rwanda-Uganda border is re-opened. The summit, according to a communique, recommended that Uganda should within one month verify allegations by Rwanda about action from its territory by …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
