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Ministry Of Health has today May, 12, 2020 confirmed four new Covid-19 positive case in Uganda out of 1478 samples from truck drivers. According to the ministry of health, new cases are two Ugandan truck drivers, One Kenyan who arrived via Elegu and One Tanzanian who arrived via Mutukula border. This brings the total number…
Torrential rains have triggered devastating floods and landslides across East Africa in recent weeks, aggravating an already challenging situation as countries in the region battle the Coronavirus pandemic. The destruction caused by the heavy rainfall has killed hundreds of people in Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Rwanda and Ethiopia and has also forced hundreds of thousands from…
The Indian (Hindu) community in Mbarara led by Mr. Nerech Patel has donated a VX Station Wagon vehicle to UPDF 2 Division to assist in the campaign against COVID 19. The vehicle was received by Hon. Brig Gen Francis Takirwa the Division Commander. While handing over the vehicle, the leader of the Indian community in…
Ministry Of Health has today May, 11, 2020 confirmed one new Covid-19 positive case in Uganda out of 2,296 samples from truck drivers. The new case is a Ugandan truck driver who arrived from Juba via Elegu border point This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 122 in Uganda. All 558 community samples have…
Uganda has registered Five new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of positive cases to 121 in the East African Country. The five cases were identified from the 1498 samples collected from the truck drivers on May 10, 2020. 3 of the new cases are Kenyans and 2 Ugandans who arrived from Elegu and Malaba…
The Minister for Defence and Veterans Hon. Adolf Mwesige Kasaija has handed over the Controversial Shs20m to Bunyangabu District Covid-19 Task-Force to help the team in fight against Coronavirus (Covid-19). Minister Mwesige who is also a Member of Parliament for Bunyangabu handed over cash to the Task Force led by the area Resident District Commissioner…
Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia, the Honorary Consul of Nepal has reassured the Nepal people that Uganda has the capacity to take care of all Nepalese nationals residing in Uganda during the ongoing countrywide lockdown caused by coronavirus disease (COVID19). “We feel that the Nepalese community is safe in Uganda. They are all in good hands and…
By Agencies Coronavirus could be spread through sex, experts now fear after they detected the infection in the semen of recovering men. Researchers in China analysed semen samples from 38 men who tested positive for COVID-19. Some had recovered while others were infectious. One in six had traces of the coronavirus in their semen – including those who…
The current country lockdown over COVID-19 has worsened the living condition of people living with HIV/AIDS in Karamoja with several mothers and their husbands who have been receiving Anti-Retroviral Treatment at various health centers shunning taking drugs over lack of food. Ms. Margret Ajilong, the coordinator of people living with HIV/Aids in Kaabong district said…
There was a sigh of relief in Ugandan armed forces after Kyoga Dynamics Ltd the Joint Venture Company between Luwero Industries and China Wan Bao Engineering Corporation for production of explosives, made a contribution of medical equipment to the security forces in support of its efforts against the COVID 19 pandemic. The protective gear donated…
