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‘It’s Getting Out Of Hand’-Govt Closes Masaka Regional Referral Hospital For Inpatients Over Surging Covid-19 Cases

By Hannington MbabaziJune 11, 2021 0

Government has with immediate effect closed down Masaka Regional Referral Hospital for inpatients over surging cases of Covid-19 disease. Uganda has 55511 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including 403 deaths. So for over 600,000 doses of covid-19 have been administered to various categories of Ugandans including teachers, security personnel, Journalists and people with underlying health conditions.…

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Education Ministry Revises Academic Year, Students To Report For Second Term

By Hannington MbabaziSeptember 8, 2020 0

Education authorities have revised the Academic Year schedule to allow students to report for the second term of school this month, as part of the phased reopening of educational institutions across the country. The Academic Year was prematurely cut short on March 18, 2020, as a precautionary measure to control the spread of the Coronavirus…

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Health Ministry Admits 679 People Were Given Wrong Covid-19 Results

By Hannington MbabaziSeptember 7, 2020 0

Uganda’s Health Ministry has admitted to mismanagement of Covid-19 test results being released by laboratories. The ministry says about 679 people were given wrong COVID-19 results. Some people were both positive and negative. “Some people claim to have received two different result slips, one indicating positive and the other negative. Others claim to have taken…

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Worry As Uganda’s Covid-19 Cases Surge To 3,667, Death Toll Shoots To 41

By Hannington MbabaziSeptember 6, 2020 0

Uganda has registered two more covid-19 deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities to 41. According to the Ministry of Health, the victims are from Kampala and Jinja. The Ministry also confirmed 128 new covid-19 cases. This brings the country’s cumulative total of confirmed cases to 3,667. Of the new cases, 120 are from contacts…

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Panic As Troubled Dfcu Bank Closes Branch After Recording 5 Covid-19 Cases

By Hannington MbabaziAugust 27, 2020 0

The troubled commercial DFCU Bank of Uganda, is nursing five (5) COVID-19 infections from its staff at Lugogo Branch leaving both the management and customers at high risk of contracting the virus. According to the statement released by the Bank management, the affected staff have been accorded the requisite medical and psychosocial support and the…

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Uganda Police Headquarters Closed Over Surging Covid-19

By Our ReporterAugust 24, 2020 0

The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered for the closure of police headquarters and the National Security command in Naguru, a leafy Kampala suburb over the surging Covid19 cases and deaths in the country. This information was revealed by police spokesperson CP Fred Enanga who intimated to the press on Monday at…

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Just In! Museveni Summons Covid-19 National Taskforce, Cabinet As 2nd Lockdown Looms

By Hannington MbabaziAugust 24, 2020 0

President Yoweri Museveni has sanctioned an immediate national taskforce to convene at State house Nakasero. The force includes members of the Kampala Capital City Authority, Health Ministry officials, and members of cabinet. A source privy to the development reveals that government intends to totally put Kampala under lockdown after thorough observations of complacency among the…

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90% Of Kampala Covid-19 Cases Used A taxi Before Infection

By Our ReporterAugust 22, 2020 0

Up to 90% of Kampala’s record 175 COVID-19 cases have reported using public transport and the taxi park. The other key of source of infection, according to a statement from Kampala Capital City Authority, are offices and workshops and Arcades due to noncompliance to simple preventive measures. The KCCA Public Health Directorate has issued notices to…

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Just In! Uganda Registers 12th Covid-19 Death As Cases Rise To 1,385

By Hannington MbabaziAugust 14, 2020 0

Uganda has on Friday August 14, 2020 registered one new COVID-19 death.‬ According to the Health Ministry, the deceased is a 65-year-old male resident of Kampala. He passed on at the China- Uganda Friendship Hospital, Naguru. He becomes the 12th person to die of COVID-19 in Uganda. Health Ministry added that, the deceased was first admitted…

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Crisis: Two City Arcades Closed As Covid-19 Cases Surge

By Hannington MbabaziAugust 14, 2020 0

Government of Uganda have closed two city Arcades with immediate effect after registering two Covid-19 cases. Ms Betty Amongi, the Minister for Kampala Affairs, on Thursday said Namaganda and Galilaya arcades registered one case each, adding that scientists were studying the two shopping malls. As a result, both arcades have been closed again, as contact…

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