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…
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…
The Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine has told members of parliament that most hand sanitizers being sold on the Ugandan market in the effort to fight the spread of COVID-19 are fake. Dr Atwine made this claim on Wednesday while appearing before the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament where she is being…
The ministry of health has clarified that there is no confirmed case of coronavirus in Kampala as alleged on social media. Earlier, social media had caught fire following a circulating video that Coronavirus had raided one of tenants at Royal Plaza owned by Tycoon Sudhir Rupaleria under Crane Management. However, it was a lie according…
41 medical interns attached to Kawempe referral hospital have gone on strike over delayed payment of their allowances. The interns say they last received payment on December 22, 2019. They are entitled to a monthly payment amounting to Shs 750,000 each as their upkeep during their training. They went on strike when the hospital had…
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…
Nigeria on Friday morning announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. “The case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February 2020,” Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said in a statement on Twitter. https://twitter.com/Fmohnigeria/status/1233180000872026114?s=19 “The patient is clinically stable, with no serious…
The Ministry of Health- Uganda is mourning the passing of their commissioner in charge of nursing, Petua Olobo Kiboko. “With deep sorrow, we announce the untimely death of our Acting Commissioner in charge of Nursing, Sr. Petua Kiboko which occurred today,” the ministry tweeted on Sunday. It added: “We stand with her family during this…
