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The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered for the closure of police headquarters and the National Security command in Naguru, a leafy Kampala suburb over the surging Covid19 cases and deaths in the country. This information was revealed by police spokesperson CP Fred Enanga who intimated to the press on Monday at…
President Yoweri Museveni has sanctioned an immediate national taskforce to convene at State house Nakasero. The force includes members of the Kampala Capital City Authority, Health Ministry officials, and members of cabinet. A source privy to the development reveals that government intends to totally put Kampala under lockdown after thorough observations of complacency among the…
Uganda has been listed among the first seven countries that will benefit from the roll out of the vaginal ring used in prevention against HIV, the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) has revealed. IPM’s external relations director Dr. Leonard Solai told journalists that other countries to benefit are Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi and South Africa.…
Vision Group has registered new 13 cases of corona virus after today’s test results. This has been revealed by Robert Kabushenga the group Chief Executive officer in a WhatsApp group massage to his colleagues from other government agencies. “We are going back to lockdown levels of decongestion. The problem here is I think by the…
The Uganda Police Force Political Commissar AIGP Asan Kasingye has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Kasingye Confirmed the news on Twitter where he wrote thus.. “BAD NEW!! I’AM #COVID19 POSITIVE. 💥” Kasingye was among the 97 cases reported by the ministry of health on Sunday, a mid a surge in number of coronavirus cases…
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,…
Up to 90% of Kampala’s record 175 COVID-19 cases have reported using public transport and the taxi park. The other key of source of infection, according to a statement from Kampala Capital City Authority, are offices and workshops and Arcades due to noncompliance to simple preventive measures. The KCCA Public Health Directorate has issued notices to…
At least 58 arcades will be closed down in the next seven days following failure to adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kampala. The government has issued a strong warning after the number of Covid-19 related deaths in the capital’s Kampala showed an upward increase as time…
Health Ministry has on Wednesday afternoon confirmed one case of COVID-19 death. The deceased is a 60-year old male Ugandan from Mbale district. Ministry of Health officials said that the patient was presented with signs and symptoms consistent with COVID-19 before he was rushed to a private facility and put under isolation. He was then…
After spending six days in police detention, 17 coordinators of Presidential Aspirant Henry Tumukunde’s “Renewed Uganda” pressure group on Wednesday were arraigned in a Wakiso Court and formally charged with doing an act likely to spread infection of a disease. The members denied the charges. They are: Frank Kigozi, a mechanic; Mathias Kato Mawejje, a…
