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In Uganda: Covid-19 Cases Rise To 281 As 28 Truck Drivers Test Positive

The Ministry Of Health has on 27 May, 2020, registered 28 new COVID-19 cases out of 2,004 Samples tested. 21 new cases in Uganda are truck drivers who arrived from South Sudan via Elegu while 7 cases are contacts to previously confirmed

May 27, 2020

Crime·Health·News

Panic As 7 Truck Drivers With Covid-19 Disappear In City Suburb

The Ministry of Health has confirmed the search for contacts of seven truck drivers who escaped after results tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday night. According to the Health Ministry, these were found in Ndeeba, a city suburb, on Saturday night. The National

May 25, 2020

Health·News

In Uganda! Covid-19 Cases Rise To 160 As 10 Truck Drivers, 5 From Community Test Positive

The ministry of health has on May 21, 2020 registered 15 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total confirmed cases to 160 in Uganda. According to the Health Ministry, all new confirmed cases are Ugandans where 10 are truck drivers who arrived via

May 21, 2020

Business·Health·News

MTN Uganda Commits To Continue Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

Having already contributed about Shs2B to the fight against COVID-19 in Uganda, telecom giant MTN Uganda has committed to further support the drive in a bid to enable Ugandans live a healthy life. Uganda has not registered any deaths, with over 220 confirmed Covid19

May 19, 2020

Health·News

President Museveni Postpones Awaited 14th National Covid-19 Address

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has postponed the awaited Presidential Address on COVID-19, which was slated to happen on Monday May 18, 2020. President Yoweri Museveni had announced that he will address the nation about the country’s fight against the Coronavirus pandemic but

May 18, 2020

Health·News

Uganda Registers 24 Fresh Covid-19 Cases From Truck Drivers

Ministry Of Health has on May 16, 2020 announced 24 new COVID-19 cases confirmed from 2,044 samples of truck drivers. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 227 in Uganda. The new cases were from Elegu border where 3 Ugandans

May 16, 2020

Health·News

Just In! Uganda Bans Truck Drivers Without Negative Covid-19 Certificate

The Government of Uganda will not allow any truck driver without a ‘negative Coronavirus certificate’ to enter the country. While Ugandan medical services have been treating COVID-19 cases after being detected, the new instructions provide that such patients must be ordered to

May 16, 2020

Health·News

Gov’t Clears Tycoon Ben Kavuya To Fly Wife, Daughter Back Home

The Gov’t of Uganda in cooperation with the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Health Ministry have authorised city tycoon Ben Kavuya’s family members to fly back to Uganda aboard Ethiopian Airways. Tycoon Kavuya’s wife had travelled to USA earlier this year to give

May 15, 2020

Health·News·Politics

Kadaga Raises Eyebrows On Imported Covid-19 Cases By Truck Drivers

The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga has tasked government to come up with tougher measures to curb the spread of corona virus by truck drivers crossing into the country. Through her official social media handles, Hon. Kadaga wrote.. “It’s disturbing

May 15, 2020

Crime·Health·News

Floods Ravage East African Countries, Claim Lives & Destroy Property Worth Millions

Torrential rains have triggered devastating floods and landslides across East Africa in recent weeks, aggravating an already challenging situation as countries in the region battle the Coronavirus pandemic. The destruction caused by the heavy rainfall has killed hundreds of people in Kenya,

May 12, 2020

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