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Mandela National Stadium isn’t ready to receive COVID-19 patients due to lack of beds and mattresses. According to the Ministry of Health ministry, the sports facility that has the capacity to host 1,200 beds is not ready for use as a treatment site as had been communicated by government on Tuesday. While the stadium has…
The Ministry of Health today starts admitting positive COVID-19 patients at a new treatment facility at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole on the outskirts of the city. Col. Edith Nakalema, who heads the statehouse anti-corruption unit confirmed to journalists last evening that she had been asked by President Yoweri Museveni to coordinate the evacuation. She said…
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has released guidelines for reopening of institutions for final year students undertaking health related institutions. In a statement which was on Tuesday September 1, 2020, addressed to all Vice Chancellors and Principals Institutions Offering health Related Training, Professor Mary. J.N Okwakol noted that finalist students undertaking training at…
The Nepali government on Sunday confirmed record high deaths from COVID-19 and the record daily spike in cases in a single day. “A total of 14 persons died in the last 24 hours taking the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 221,” said Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population…
The Ministry of Health has confirmed 77 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda bringing the cumulative total number of infections in the country to 2,756. The new cases were confirmed from samples tested for COVID-19 on Thursday. Of the 77 new cases, 65 are contacts and alerts and they include 42 from Kampala, 4 from Amuru,…
When Uganda announced the first case of Covid-19 in March, companies continuously donated food, cash and relief items to help meet the needs of those who have been denied an opportunity to earn a living due to the limitations imposed by the effort to curb the spread of the lethal virus. While these philanthropic efforts…
The troubled commercial DFCU Bank of Uganda, is nursing five (5) COVID-19 infections from its staff at Lugogo Branch leaving both the management and customers at high risk of contracting the virus. According to the statement released by the Bank management, the affected staff have been accorded the requisite medical and psychosocial support and the…
The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) has joined other Government agencies to register COVID-19 cases after 10 staff contracted the novel disease. Among the confirmed cases are 332 samples that were taken on 21st August, 2020 from staff at UBC Kampala office for which results 160 samples have been received that came with bad news of…
At least 21 staff at the Ministry of Finance have tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the cases grow among different private and public agencies. Finance staff under-went mandatory COVID-19 test on August 19. Test results, according to a letter by the Secretary to the treasury Keith Muhakanizi shows that 21 of the staff…
Six Staff of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have tested positive for COVID-19. UNRA , on Monday afternoon released a statement revealing that five staff at the headquarters in Nakawa tested positive while one staff member at the Authority’s Masindi office tested positive for COVID-19 The confirmed cases are from 494 samples taken August 19…
