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The government distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets starts today in 25 districts of Eastern and Northern Uganda. This is part of the newly launched “under the net” campaign, through which the government intends to distribute up to 27.5 million mosquito nets across the country. These include a total of 15 million nets procured with…
The COVID-19 Inter-Agency Security Joint Task Force(IAJTF) led by Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda has carried out spot checks at Entebbe International Airport, Kitoro Market and two quarantine centers to evaluate the effectiveness and welfare of the security teams deployed. The deployments are meant to receive and isolate Ugandan returnees from different countries following a decision…
By The Newyork Times If a worm and a snake had a slimy, scandalous love child, it might look something like a caecilian: a legless creature that’s actually neither worm nor snake, but a soil-dwelling amphibian found in tropics across the globe. Content to spend most of their time beneath the forest floor, caecilians are elusive…
The Ministry of Health is currently upgrading Mukono Health Centre IV, such that it can be elevated to the status of handling COVID-19 and other specialised cases. The move comes after officials from the Ministry of Health observed that since it is strategically located the Jinja-Kampala highway, the Health Centre can handle cases from as…
Police dispersed the meeting of ormer Vice President of Uganda, Prof Gilbert Bukenya today had organised a political gathering of over 600 people at his home in Kakiri, Wakiso district. Prof. Bukenya used taxis to ferry people without following the Ministry of Health guidelines of carrying half capacity. We all know taxis are supposed to…
The government of Uganda through the Ministry of Health has started mass mosquito net distribution campaign dubbed “Under the net” where a total of 26.5 million treated nets will be distributed country wide. The Ministry revealed this through it’s twitter handle that due to the current situation of COVID-19, there will be less paper work…
The French Government has donated assorted items to Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces towards the fight against COVID 19 Pandemic. The French Ambassador to Uganda H.E Jules-Armand Aniambossou handed over 2510 jerrycans of 20 litres of hand sanitizers. The Minister for General Duties Hon Mary Karoro Okurut on behalf of the Rt Hon Prime Minister Dr…
The Ministry of Health have on Monday June, 29, 2020 registered 19 new coronavirus infections, 11 of which are returnees from Afghanistan. This was revealed by Dr Henry Mwebesa, the director general health services, on Tuesday who said the total number of confirmed cases had risen to 889. Dr. Mwebesa added that other eight are…
Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has only one patient with the coronavirus (COVID-19). The hospital said it is currently managing only one patient, a male Ugandan who was admitted over the weekend. The patient was a case picked from the community in Masaka district. The patient was admitted two days after the hospital discharged the last…
The Ministry of Health has confirmed 15 new Covid-19 cases making a total number of cases to 848. According to the Health Ministry, the new cases include 3 truck drivers from Mirama Hills, Malaba and Elegu Points of Entry. They also include 12 cases who are among contacts and alerts. Out of these, 10 are…
