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Anxiety has hit Uganda Parliament after a female legislator tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, July 14. This was confirmed by Aruu County MP, Odonga Otoo in his message to one of the Parliamentary WhatsApp groups. “I have just been tipped to get out of parliament that Ugandan female MP test positive for Corona Virus…the…
The Speaker Rt.Hon.Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Ministers for Health and Kampala respectively to make statements to the House on allegations that they did not adhere to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) instituted to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Kalungu West Member of Parliament, Hon Joseph Ssewungu Gonzaga said that some ministers have flouted…
Countries are not doing enough to stop the spread of COVID-19, this is according to the World Health Organization-WHO. This comes as the world is experiencing an increase in the number of cases that are reported daily globally. Data from WHO shows that by Monday 13 million cases and over 500,000 deaths were also reported.…
The number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 1,025 after 12 new cases were recorded on Saturday. The cases were from 2,292 samples that were tested yesterday. Seven were from truck drivers that were picked different points of entry- Malaba, Mirama Hills and Elegu. Five other cases were picked from contacts in…
The Ministry of Health has lifted the ban on public transport in Arua. In a letter dated July 10 addressed to the Resident City Commissioner Arua Nahori Oya and also the chairperson Arua district COVID-19 task force, the State Minister for Health Robinah Nabbanja, said that movement of buses, taxis and other forms of public…
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…
