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Health

Panic As Two Senior Health Officials Test Positive For Covid-19

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

October 12, 2020

Trending·World News

Breaking! President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump Test Positive For Covid-19

The United States President Donald Trump announced early Friday that he and his wife both tested positive for the coronavirus, an extraordinary development coming months into a global pandemic and in the final stretch of his reelection campaign in which he has

October 2, 2020

World News

Tragedy: Brazil Again Sees Over 1,000 Daily Covid-19 Deaths

Brazil again exceeded 1,000 daily deaths caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after registering 1,031 fatalities from the disease in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 143,952, the government said on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Health, it

October 1, 2020

News

Covid-19 Crisis: Real Estate Dealers Optimistic Sector Will Be Profitable Again

Operators in the real estate sector in Uganda have expressed optimism, belief and faith in the industry that they say has been hit hard by the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. They say that with the economy opening up after the global lockdown, businesses

October 1, 2020

Health·News

Kampala NRM Boss Succumbs To Covid-19

National Resistance Movement ‘NRM’ is mourning the passing of one of their member, Christopher Ronald Kaweesi. Kaweesi had just been nominated by the NRM to contest as Local Council III councilor for Banda 4, 5, 6 and 7 to Nakawa Division when

September 29, 2020

Education

Full Speech: Education Minister Clarifies On Covid-19 Mass Testing, Outlines Way Forward For Schools

The Minister for Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni has clarified that the ministry will focus on dealing with covid-19 cases when they emerge instead of the mass testing for over 1.2 million children before they report back to school on October

September 24, 2020

Education·News·Politics

Covid-19: Govt Is Ill Prepared To Reopen Schools-MPs

Members of Parliament have expressed dissatisfaction at government’s ill-preparedness in regard to the phased re-opening of schools. President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday, 20 September 2020 during a televised address to the nation, announced that schools would open on October 15, 2020. The

September 24, 2020

Health

Tycoon Sudhir Urges Ugandans To Observe MoH SoPs As He Tests Negative For Covid-19

Billionaire Sudhir Ruparelia the founder and Chairman Ruparelia Group one of Uganda’s largest business conglomerates with investments in financial services, real estate, education services, hospitality, agriculture and media amongst others has tested negative for Covid-19. The tests which were taken at the

September 22, 2020

Health·Politics

Museveni Reopens Schools, Churches As Bar Owners Continue To Languish

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has on September 20, 2020 eased on Covid-19 restrictions which were set up in March 2020. The President in today’s speech reopened schools for only candidate classes and university finalists. Below are some of the highlights from President

September 20, 2020

Health

Eight Ugandans Miss Repatriation Flight After Testing Positive For Covid-19

Eight Ugandans missed a special repatriation flight from Saudi Arabia this week after testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). On Tuesday, 113 Ugandans who were stranded in Saudi Arabia due to the COVID-19 lockdown arrived at Entebbe International Airport aboard a flight sponsored

September 18, 2020

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