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Covid-19: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Admitted To Intensive Care Unit As Symptoms Worsen
United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, according to government officials. Johnson, 55, asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise, a Downing Street spokesperson said on Monday. Johnson was admitted to hospital on Sunday night and had been undergoing tests after suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms for more than 10 days,…
Breaking: Stella Nyanzi Rushed To Mengo Hospital In Critical Condition
Ugandan Scholar Dr Stella Nyanzi has been Rushed to Mengo hospital in critical condition according to an eye witness. She added that the famous and brave medical anthropologist, feminist, queer rights activist, scholar of sexuality, and public health has foam in the mouth which is suspected to be poison. When we contacted her lawyer Isaac…
COVID-19 Crisis: Death Toll Surpasses 10,000 In US
By Agencies The COVID-19 death toll in the US has surpassed 10,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. Spain has reported 4,273 new cases of the coronavirus with 637 new deaths, the fourth day the daily totals have declined from the previous day. In US, the total deaths in the country from COVID-19 as…
Coronavirus Crisis:6 UPDF Soldiers,11 Police Officers Arrested For Torturing 31 Women In Lockdown
A joint security task team of senior UPDF and UPF officers is investigating the alleged aggravated torture of several women and a few men who were being accused of flouting curfew orders and the ban on public spaces. The incident occurred on the 2nd /4/2020, at around 8pm, on a rainy evening, at Lorokwo West…
Kagame Cuts Top Gov’t Officials April Salaries To Free Up Funds To Curb Coronavirus
The Government of Rwanda has ordered chopping off of April Salaries from all Cabinet Members, Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Public Institutions, and other senior officials as a way of collecting money to fight Covid-19. The big announcement was issued on 5, April, 2020, by the Prime Minister’s office who said, the forfeit is in solidarity…
Four Arrested For Defying M7’s Directives On Covid-19 Relief Food
Police alongside other team agencies carried out an operation and arrested four men over alleged for defying President Yoweri Kaguta directives on coronavirus by decampaigning the government relief food distribution for vulnerable people affected by the COVID-19 lockdown in Kampala and Wakiso. The four suspects were nabbed at Mackay road, Natete, Kampala for inciting members…
Panic As Deadly Swam Of Locusts Invade Uganda Again
A large swarm of desert locusts estimated to cover about 100,000 acres has entered into Uganda and settled in the districts of Karamoja sub-region in northeastern Uganda. According to the Amudat district senior agricultural officer Joseph Marimoi, the locusts entered through Karita border area and spread throughout Karita sub-county in the areas of Akou lee,…
Covid-19:M7 Orders Arrest Of Two Police Officers For Assaulting A Pregnant Woman In Curfew
Following the Presidential directive, detectives attached to the unit working together with police yesterday arrested Constables Francis Mpande and Noah Massajjage, who were in charge of the patrol exercise that allegedly beat up a pregnant woman Mercy Nakate 23, a resident of kinumbiro village, Busega in Rubaga, Kampala. They accused her of failure to follow…
Covid-19 Ill Mother Delivers A Baby Girl At Entebbe Hospital
A pregnant woman who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday successfully delivered her fourth child through caesarean section operation. The woman delivered her baby girl at around 1:45 pm at Entebbe regional referral hospital. The operation was conducted by a team of experienced health workers led by a physician, an epidemiologist and midwives.…
Vocal Political Activist Sarah Lukumi Allegedly Flee Uganda Over State Security Harassment
The case of a political activist Sarah Lukumi, suspected to have fled from Uganda to an unknown place for her dear life, is one of the many that continue to come to light revealing the levels of inhuman behaviour by operatives of Ugandan security organs targeting Ugandans who have divergent views against the violation of…