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The French government has officially sanctioned the malaria drug chloroquine to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus, France 24 English reported. “This ensures continued treatment of patients who have been treated for several years for a chronic condition with this drug, but also allows a temporary authorization to allow certain patients with coronavirus to benefit from this…
Kyadondo East Member Of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobiwine,leader of People Power pressure group,has trashed president Museveni’s directives to police banning politicians, business persons from distributing relief items like ambulances, face masks, sanitizers , food and drugs saying such restrictions put in place will make lives of most Ugandans unbearable due to high poverty…
Honourable Anifa Bangirana Kawooya aka ‘Yellow Girl’, who is the Sembabule District Woman Member of Parliament and Mawogola South aspirant, has heartily donated a double testing machine for respiratory and other illness, as a way of supporting the ministry of health in the fight against Coronavirus. The machine is to be dispatched to the office…
The Governor Bank of Uganda, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile has been diagnosed at Nakasero Hospital, Kampala with an arterial blood clot. A close family source revealed that the longest-serving BoU Governor was supposed to be airlifted to the United Kingdom for specialized medical treatment but due to coronavirus pandemic, he decided to have his medical…
By Agencies USA: The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that based on models, the United States could eventually see 100,000 or more deaths from the novel coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 2,000 American lives as cases surge across the US. “Whenever the models come in, they give a worst-case scenario and…
Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed more three cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number to 33. According to the ministry of health, a total number of confirmed cases stands at 33 in Uganda. Out of 206 samples run today Sunday, March 29, 2020, 203 samples tested negative for COVID-19. https://twitter.com/MinofHealthUG/status/1244327618255732748?s=19 The President Of Uganda Gen.…
Coronavirus epidemic is spreading exponentially across the globe. Every country is suffering in more than one ways. The number of cases has crossed 700 in India itself but it’s spread has been kept under check by the nation wide lockdown. Coronavirus cases in Pakistan has crossed the 1000 mark, forcing Imran Khan postponed his fifth…
Seven new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed in Uganda on Saturday night, bringing the total number so far registered in the East African country to 30. Earlier, the ministry of health had announced five new cases, adding that some of the patients were being transferred to the New Mulago Hospital. In a tweet the…
By Agencies A pet Cat has been infected with the novel coronavirus in Belgium after being contaminated by its owner, Belgian health authorities said Friday. Cases of contamination of pets are rare and authorities ruled out any risk of contamination to humans from home animals. The reports follows similar cases in Hong Kong where two…
By Agencies The US has become the first country to exceed 100,000 confirmed coronavirus cases as Donald Trump signed into law the largest economic stimulus package in US history, a $2.2tn bill designed to rush federal assistance to workers and businesses. The number of confirmed US cases rose by 15,000 on Friday, fewer than the 16,000…
