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By Agencies The COVID-19 death toll in the US has surpassed 10,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. Spain has reported 4,273 new cases of the coronavirus with 637 new deaths, the fourth day the daily totals have declined from the previous day. In US, the total deaths in the country from COVID-19 as…
The Government of Rwanda has ordered chopping off of April Salaries from all Cabinet Members, Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Public Institutions, and other senior officials as a way of collecting money to fight Covid-19. The big announcement was issued on 5, April, 2020, by the Prime Minister’s office who said, the forfeit is in solidarity…
A pregnant woman who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday successfully delivered her fourth child through caesarean section operation. The woman delivered her baby girl at around 1:45 pm at Entebbe regional referral hospital. The operation was conducted by a team of experienced health workers led by a physician, an epidemiologist and midwives.…
The World Bank Uganda office has donated Uganda Shillings 57bn (USD 15m) towards the country’s fight to the spread of coronavirus. The money according to Antony Thompson, the World Bank Uganda Country director, will be re-allocated from the Reproductive Maternal and Child Health Services Improvement Project. The money will be put back from the Fast-Track…
In response to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s appeal to all factories and companies in Uganda to donate at least one brand new vehicle that will help the National Taskforce in their efforts to combat the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19), City Mogul, Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia through the Ruparelia Foundation has donated two brand new Tata Xenon pickups,…
Police in eastern Uganda have arrested a local herbalist for selling liquid that cures Coronavirus disease. According to East Kyoga police spokesman ASP David Ongom Mudong, identified the suspect as Lazarus Kungu, 24 year old mobile herbalist , a resident of Angopet village, Amen parish, Soroti sub-county in Soroti district. He was arrested on thursday…
The government of Uganda has defied parliament’s directive to blocking the distribution of relief food to people around Kampala and Wakiso districts. In the Thursday Parliamentary sitting, both Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and lawmakers raised issue that there was a need for government to consider all parts of the country. Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda’s attempts to…
Government has budgeted to spend Shs304.5 billion in combating the Covid-19 pandemic. Out of the total budget, Health will get the largest share, followed by Security and Disaster management. Others that will benefit from the budget are the local governments, Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) and Information Communication Technology (ICT) ministry. According to the proposed…
Members of Parliament has halted the food distribution exercise for Kampala Metropolitan Area until government gives assurance that all Ugandans will benefit from the programme. In the Thursday 2, April, 2020 plenary, both the Speaker Rt Hon. Rebecca Kadaga and legislators said there is a need for government to consider all parts of the country.…
The Sembabule District (NRM) Youth Chairman who is also the aspiring District Youth chairperson Nayebale David has urged residents and youths to stay indoors to prevent an “overwhelming” spread of coronavirus, taking his strongest stance yet against the pandemic that has killed over 50,000 worldwide and infected nearly 100,000 so far. “This is a deadly…
