COVID-19
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815SPECIAL REPORT: Uganda lost sh164b worth of exports to Kenya due to COVID-19
SPECIAL REPORT: Uganda recorded a $45m (sh164b) decline in exports to Kenya between March and August 2020 over the COVID-19 pandemic triggered...
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607Taxi, Boba-boda Operators Warned against Violating Covid-19 Guidelines
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police has warned taxi, boda boda operators against complacency and violation of Covid-19 Guidelines in the wake of declining cases...
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1.2KBREAKING! New Coronavirus Strain confirmed in Uganda
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government of Uganda has confirmed a new strain of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country. The new Coronavirus strain was...
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748Nsambya Barracks gets Covid-19 Treatment Center
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Directorate of Police Health Services has unveiled a Covid-19 isolation facility and treatment centre at Nsambya Barracks. The function...
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655BIG STORY: Shs 720m cash controversies emerge over Namboole COVID facility
BIG STORY: The public has been hit with shock over Shs 720 million which the ministry of Health claims it spent to...
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526COVID-19: South Sudan imposes 30-day lockdown as cases surge
JUBA, South Sudan: South Sudan has announced a month-long lockdown banning social gatherings, classes, religious services and political rallies following a sharp...
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945Gov’t secures 18 Million #Covid-19 Vaccine doses, each will cost UGX 60,000
COVID-19 UPDATE: The government of Uganda is set to procure 18 million #Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed....
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635COVID-19: Gov’t to borrow UGX115bn to fight the pandemic
PARLIAMENT: Cabinet has authorised the Ministry of Finance to borrow $31.64m (Shs115.8b) from the African Development Fund (ADF) to boost government response...
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860Uganda defeated 1:2 by CHAN debutantes Togo in Group C Match thriller
GROUP C: Rwanda 0:0 Morroco, Uganda 1-2 Togo (Friday, 22-01-2020). Debutantes Togo stunned Uganda 2-1 in Group C of the African Nations...
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1.6KRetired Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa dies of Covid-19
SADDENING: Former Masaka Diocese Bishop, the Rt. Rev John Baptist Kaggwa has succumbed to Covid-19. Bishop Kaggwa died at about 7:10 pm...
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651Panic In Uganda Escalates As Rwanda Goes Into Fresh Lockdown Due To Surge In COVID-19 Cases
By Our Reporter East African countries Uganda inclusive are in total panic as Rwanda neighbours COVID-19 cases have skyrocket hence re-imposing the...
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863Relief for Uganda as COVID-19 daily cases drastically reduce
KAMPALA – Uganda’s battle against Covid-19 seems to be on drastic decline as daily cases have continually decreased the past few days...
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726Makerere dismisses claims that Bobi Wine has Covid-19, those are ‘forged’ results
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Makerere University’s Infectious Disease Institute has come out to dismiss a document which has been making rounds on social media...
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1.3KNebbi Diocese Bishop Wathokudi Dies of Covid-19
NEBBI, UGANDA: News coming in from West Nile is that Rt Rev. Alphonse Wathokudi, the Bishop of Nebbi Diocese, has passed away...
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1.0KGulu RDC Maj. Santos Okot is dead
COVID-19 UPDATE: Maj. Santos Okot Lapolo – the Resident District Commissioner RDC for Gulu District has succumbed to the deadly coronavirus disease...
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546Grief as another Senior Medic Succumbs to COVID-19
COVID-19 UPDATE: Dr Gelasius Mukasa a Uganan senior paediatrician has succumbed to COVID-19, The Daily Express confirms. According to his colleagues, the...
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1.5KCurfew extended as schools reopen on Jan 4th
Public events and gatherings which may act as ‘super spreader’ events for the virus, including political and roadside gatherings or meetings will...
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835Uganda to receive AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine – Min of Health
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The ministry of health has said that Uganda’s application to access the Covid-19 vaccine that’s already in circulation and accepted...
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1.7KRapper GNL Zamba tests positive for Covid-19
COVID-19 UPDATE: Legendary Music Rapper and Recording Artiste Ernest Nsimbi porpulary known as GNL Zamba is positive for Covid-19, The Daily Express...
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655Former Deputy Prime Minister Etyang succumbs to Covid-19
TOROR, UGANDA: Former 3rd Deputy Prime Minister Ambassador Paul Orono Etyang has succumbed to Covid-19, The Daily Express reports. Etyang, 82, died...
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611COVID-19: Soroti hospital boosted with five ICU beds installation
Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, the main coronavirus treatment facility for Teso Sub-region has announced that the facility has installed five Intensive Care...
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696Veteran New Vision Journalist Fred Kakurugu succumbs to Covid-19
KAMPALA: Veteran Journalist Fred Kakurugu attached to Vision Group’s Orumuri Newspaper has succumbed to COVID-19, The Daily Express confirms. Kakurugu died at...
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588Joseph Ssentongo husband to fallen Kyotera Woman MP Robinah allegedly succumbs to Covid-19
KYOTERA: Sorrow and grief has engulfed residents of Kyotera as Joseph Ssentongo husband to the fallen district woman Member of Parliament the...
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991Premier League: Tottenham vs Fulham fixture called off amid Covid-19 outbreak in clubs
Fulham’s Premier League match at Tottenham on Wednesday evening has been postponed because of an outbreak of coronavirus at the club. The...