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Uganda Set To Discharge 10 More Coronavirus Patients Today
Uganda is set to release ten people today, Monday April 20 from Entebbe Grade B hospital after recovering fully from coronavirus, Their discharge today will bring the total number of recoveries to 38, against 17 active cases. The new recoveries include five Watoto choir members, according to reports. Uganda on Sunday April 19 discharged six…
Uganda Set For First Afro-Indian Investment Summit This November
President Yoweri Museveni is scheduled to officially open the inaugural Afro-Indian Investment Summit to take place between September 29 and 30 in Kampala, under the theme, ‘Investment in Uganda for inclusive Prosperity’. The summit is one of the other events this year, to celebrate the achievements of the Indian Association Uganda (IAU) which was founded…
Uganda Safely Deports 15 Rwandese As It Continues To Repatriate Bodies Of Ugandans Killed By Rwandan Security Operatives
The Ugandan government has deported 15 Rwandan nationals who have been under security arrest, according to a highly placed security official. The Rwandan nationals were deported through the Uganda, Rwanda border of Mirama Hills in Ntungamo district on Wednesday. According to the source, the first batch of eight personnel was deported at 11 am while…
Uganda Rwanda Border Remains Closed As Kagame Further Demands
The government of Rwanda has asked Uganda to deal with allegations of Ugandan hostile forces towards Rwanda, before the border at Gatuna/Katuna can be opened. This, according to a communication from the 4th Quadripartite Summit of Luanda, that took place on Friday, was the recommendation of the meeting. Presidents Museveni and Paul Kagame met on…
Uganda Running On Reserved Power Supply – What Next?
The Chief Executive Officer of Electricity regulatory authority-ERA, Ziria Tibalwa, has said that power generation agencies are exhausting the reserved power sources to ensure that, there is the constant power supply in the whole country. Turbines at the three main power supply plants of Nalubaale, Kiira, and Bujjagali were blocked by a floating island on…
Uganda Resumes Covid-19 Vaccination After Acquiring New Doses
Uganda on Tuesday resumed vaccination of its citizens against Covid-19 following the recent acquisition of 586,000 vaccine doses. Last month, the country stopped inoculations after it ran out of vaccines. Last week, the country received 286,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine as a donation from Norway through the Covax facility and received another 300,000 doses of…
Uganda Registers Sixth Covid-19 Death As Cases Shoot To 1,254
Uganda has registered another Covid-19 death, bringing the total to six. According to the Ministry of Health, the deceased is a 70-year old Ugandan male, resident of Natete, Kampala. “On 24th July 2020, he presented at Lubaga Hospital with signs and symptoms consistent with covid-19 which include:mild fever, cough and difficulty in breathing. Further investigations…
Uganda Registers Fifth Covid-19 Death
Ministry of Health has confirmed a fifth death of Covid-18 of a 46-year-old female of Indian origin. “On August,1, 2020, she presented at Kibuli Muslim hospital with signs and symptoms consistent with Covid-19 which include mild fever, cough and difficulty in breathing. Upon suspecting Covid-19, the Kibuli Muslim hospital team referred her to Mulago national…
Uganda Registers Biggest Single Day Jump As 43 Truck Drivers Test Positive For Covid-19
Ministry Of Health has on 15 May, 2020 confirmed 43 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda from 1,838 samples of truck drivers. According to the health Ministry, the total number of COVID-19 cases is now 203. The confirmed cases came through Elegu border post: 15 Ugandans, 9 Kenyans, and 4 Eritreans Mutukula border post: 5 Tanzanians,…
Uganda Registers 318 Covid-19 Cases, It’s Highest Number In One Day
Uganda has registered the highest number COVID-19 cases at 318 in a single day. According to the Ministry of Health, Amuru Prisons has 154 (153 inmates, 1 prison staff) cases, the contacts and Alerts in Kampala were Kampala 65. In other places, the registered cases include Kiryandongo-14, Gulu-9, Mbarara-9, Kitgum-8, Arua-8, Wakiso-7, Mbale-4, Buikwe-4, Masaka-2,…