Victoria University (VU) Kampala continues to keep the community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. The key focus is always the safety, health and wellbeing of their students, staff and their families. As the University welcome increase in on-campus activity, VU is ensuring this is done in a COVIDSafe way while delivering a rich and rewarding…
The Ministry of Health has said only travellers that have been fully vaccinated will not need to under go a Covid-19 tests on arrival into the country. The confirmation was made through a statement released by the Health Ministry today. Only people who are fully vaccinated will not have to pay for PCR test on…
The second wave of COVID-19 in Uganda has begun, according to scientists. Scientists say the wave begun last week and has so far been characterized by an increase in reported cases of the disease. In the last week of March and the first week of April, a total of 130 cases were reported. Since last…
City businessman and Chairman Ruparelia Group of Companies, Dr. Sudhir Ruparalia has today received his first Covid-19 Vaccine jab as a measure to safeguard himself against the deadly coronavirus disease. Dr. Sudhir received the first Covid-19 dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at UMC Victoria Hospital in Bukoto, Kampala. UMC is the first privately accredited medical…
Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has been hit by lack of water for the past one week exposing the lives of patients and medical workers to risk. The sanitary and hygienic conditions of all wards plus other hospital facilities is appalling causing anxiety among the medical staff. The maternity, causality ward among other departments are struggling…
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General, Justine Kasule Lumumba, has landed in hot soup after her name allegedly appeared repeatedly in an ongoing investigations into financial misappropriation at the party Secretariat. Our sources who are privy to the investigations indicate that that Lumumba is implicated in a number of corruption scandals that involve billions…
By Robby Muhumuza “Do you know anyone.. who knows someone with Corona?” The above refrain trending on social media a few months ago sounded funny and my family members and I laughed at it. That laugh has now dried off my lips. I know scores of people who have been infected by COVID-19. I have…
At least 45 students from two schools in Masaka district have tested positive for the Coronavirus disease-COVI19. The affected students are mainly from the boarding section. Dr. Nathan Onyach, the Director- Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, says the students are admitted at the COVID-19 Treatment Centre. Onyach said the surveillance team is still tracing all contacts to contain the…
40 medical workers have been infected with COVID-19, at Mbarara regional referral hospital. Dr. Celestine Barigye the head of the hospital on November, 14, 2020 confirmed that over Forty (40) nurses at his hospital tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. He also confirmed that a 39-year-old man from Bundibugyo also died of COVID-19 at the…
Tension is high at Masindi Hospital as two Senior Health workers at the facility have tested Positive for COVID-19 alongside four other community members. The results of the two were released to the district Health officials by the Health ministry on Sunday evening. Dr Rogers Musinguzi, the Head of Covid-19 Case management team in Masindi…
