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The Namisindwa District quarantine center at Magale secondary school is overwhelmed by the high number of Covid-19 suspects. Thecapitaltimes has learnt that the quarantine center which was planned for only 100 people is currently holding an accumulative number of over 179 suspects. Ninety seven (97) of the suspects are contacts of Eunice Chimatala, a resident…
Both patients and staff of Walukuba-Masese Health Center,IV in the newly elevated Jinja City Council are all smiles after Bidco Uganda Limited (BUL), an FMCH company with a modern edible oil processing complex in Masese village handed over their only health facility in the area. On Saturday, BUL’s Chief Finance Officer, Mathew Kok led a…
The Minister of Defence & Veteran Affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige has led a team of senior leaders from the Ministry and UPDF to inspect the on going works at the UPDF National Referral Hospital at Mbuya Hill.The construction,which is now at 56% and expected to end in Jan 2021,started in February 2018. According to the…
The Ministry of Health has finalised arrangements to help Ugandans stranded abroad return home. The 300 are mostly domestic workers who entered Saudi Arabia illegally and are currently held in deportation centers, while others do not have funds to survive in the country, yet others tested positive for COVID-19 and want to return home but…
Uganda has registered it’s Second COVID-19 death. We’ve learnt that the deceased was an 80-year-old female resident of Mengo, Kisenyi, Zone III, in Kampala. Sources at the Ministry Of Health have also confirmed that the deceased presented with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 which included difficulty in breathing, cough, fever and chest pain. She was first admitted…
Xavi Hernandez has tested positive for COVID-19. It was the coach himself who confirmed the news through his Instagram account. However, Xavi wanted to reassure everyone that he is “in perfect condition”, asymptomatic, but that he is isolated due to the protocol to be followed with the virus. “I will not be able to accompany the…
Sub-county leaders in Pader district have rejected 7.9 million shillings allocated for Covid-19 activities. Twelve sub-counties in the district were allocated the money in April this year by the district task-force to facilitate COVID-19 related activities. The money is part of the 165 million shillings the district received from the government for COVID-19 fight. Each…
Ministry of Health has registered 10 new COVID-19 infections as Uganda’s total confirmed cases shoot to 1,089 with 975 total recoveries and one death case. This was revealed by Dr Henry Mwebesa, the director general Health Services on Friday whi said, the confirmed cases include truck drivers (four), a contact of a confirmed case, a…
Uganda has registered the first Covid-19 death. The deceased is a 34-year-old Ugandan support staff working in Namisindwa District, according to Dr Henry Mwebesa, the director health services. She first presented with Covid like signs and symptoms; fever, dry cough, headache and difficulty in breathing. She was initially admitted to Wasungui HC II on Wednesday…
The Ministry of Health is currently investigating death of a 34 year old female who passed on 21st July, 2020 at a Clinic in Mbale. The deceased is Kenyan national married to a Ugandan. At the time of her first admission, she presented with COVID-19 related symptoms that included fever, headache and difficulty in breathing.…
