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Rwanda authorities have installed hand-washing facilities at a bus station in the capital, Kigali, as a precaution against coronavirus. Frequent hand-washing is one of the key steps recommended by the World Health Organization. They also advise the following: Maintain social distancing Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth Practice respiratory hygiene If you have fever, cough…
Over 100 cows have lost their eye sight in Kakamba sub county in Isingiro district, cattle keepers have confirmed. Benon Mutakirwa Rugaju, the chairperson Kakamba Dairy Cooperative Society which brings together 150 dairy farmers in Kakamba sub county confirmed to this website that their cows are going blind and they suspect fake drugs is the…
Uganda’s ministry of health on Sunday said at least 22 foreign nationals would return to their home countries amid rising fears of the spread of coronavirus. Uganda is hosting the Uganda –Europe Business forum starting tomorrow (March 9) to March 10. “Yesterday, we received 22 passengers from the Category 1 countries who were identified by…
By Agencies The novel coronavirus disease was first detected in Wuhan in China’s Hubei province in late December 2019 and has since spread worldwide. The number of people infected globally has surpassed 98,700, with more than 3,300 fatalities. Over 55,400 people have recovered. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said on Friday, as quoted…
The Minister of State for Primary Healthcare, Dr Joyce Moriku Kaducu, has said all public gatherings organised without clearance from the ministry will be stopped in the new move to scale up prevention against coronavirus which has now spread to five African countries. The minister made remarks while addressing the press on Tuesday March 3,…
Iran’s supreme leader put the Islamic Republic’s armed forces on alert Tuesday to assist health officials in combating the outbreak of the new corona virus, the deadliest outside of China, that authorities say has killed 77 people. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s decision was announced after state media broadcast images of the 80-year-old leader planting a tree…
The Ministry Health has said that all the four foreign nationals under isolation at Entebbe International Airport have tested negative for coronavirus. “Test results for samples obtained from the four foreign nationals (One French and three Chinese) are Negative of COVID-19,” the ministry’s Senior Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ainebyoona said on Monday hours after they were picked…
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has refuted allegations of their top Officer being critically mentally ill and secretly bedridden. This followed yesterday’s story published by this very website after learning from a close relative that Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu had run mad and is being secretly held at his private residence in Bombo as…
The Ministry of Health has isolated four more foreigners at Entebbe International airport after presenting with signs and symptoms of deadly Corona Virus. The surveillance team isolated these foreign nationals on February 1 2019 following a tip off by one of health officials who was curious about their health conditions. According to the Ministry Of…
Anxiety has engulfed the people of Rwenzururu kingdom after receiving scanty information that one of the deadly Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces ‘UPDF’ commander for Land Forces Lt. Gen Peter Elwelu has been attacked by a strange yet to be known disease. According to information that TheCapital Times has exclusively ascertained from UPDF’s land forces headquarters in…
