Coronavirus Updates Archives

Gulu 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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Former Agriculture minister Dr. Kisamba Mugerwa, dead

BREAKING STORY: Former Agriculture Minister Dr. Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa has succumbed to Covid-19, the Daily Express can confirm. According to family sources that...

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Grief 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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Uganda 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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Rapper 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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Former 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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Veteran 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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Joseph 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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WHO Officials warns of a more severe pandemic than coronavirus

Kampala, Uganda | THE DAILY EXPRESS: Senior officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) have warned that there is a real chance...

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COVID-19: Everton vs Man City postponed due to more positive tests

Manchester City’s away game to 3rd placed Everton in the Premier League has been postponed following further positive covid-19 tests reported on...

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Uganda secures 35 million COVID-19 vaccine doses

KAMPALA, The Daily Express Uganda: Uganda is in the process of securing over 35 Covid-19 Vaccine doses, this according to the director-general...

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COVID-19: Six patients escape from Mulago hospital

KAMPALA: Six COVID-19 patients have escaped from the Mulago Specialised National Referral Hospital where they have been on treatment, the Deputy Executive...

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COVID-19: Uganda confirms 7 new deaths in as cases surge

KAMPALA: At least seven people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Uganda, according to reports from the health ministry released on Monday 21...

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Namutumba district offices closed as more staff test positive for Covid-19

Namutumba District Authorities have closed all public offices after seven staff at the district headquarters tested positive for Covid-19. The District Health...

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Kyotera District Woman MP Robina Ssentongo is dead!

Kyotera District Woman MP, Robina Ssentongo, 58, is dead. Reports reaching the Daily Express confirm that the legislator succumbed to COVID-19. The...

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Covid-19 Vaccines will be free for all citizens – Gov’t

The health official affirmed that his country has already reserved 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

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Masaka District NRM Woman MP Candidate dies of Covid-19

NAIROBI: Masaka District NRM Woman MP Freda Mubanda Kasse has mysteriously passed on in Nairobi, the Daily Express can confirm. Mubanda, 76,...

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Namutumba District Chairman succumbs to Covid-19

NAMUTUMBA: Hajji Saleh Kumbuga, the Namutumba District LC5 Chairaman has succumbed to Covid-19, the Daily Express can confirm. The deceased passed on...

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State House in Panic as Senior Staff test positive for Covid-19

Senior staff members at the Entebbe based State House (names undisclosed) has been confirmed positive of Covid-19 just days after the Ruling...

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Ambassador Stephen Nabeta dies of Covid-19

KAMPALA: News coming from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirm that another high profile person at the Ministry has succumbed to Covid-19....

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BREAKING! Prime Minister dies after contracting COVID-19

Eswatini Prime Minister, Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini has died after contracting COVID-19. Ambrose Dlamini had been hospitalised in neighbouring South Africa in early...