All posts tagged "Coronavirus Updates"

Ministry cuts Covid-19 testing cost to UGX36,000 as cases surpass 25000

The cost of Covid-19 testing is likely to drop from about UGX 360, 000 ($100) to UGX 36,000 ($10), a senior official...

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Breaking: Kiboga DHO succumbs to Covid-19

The District Health Officer for Kiboga District Dr. Michael Musiitwa Mugwanya has succumbed to Covid-19, the Daily Express confirms. Musiitwa was confirmed...

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Uganda Applies for 2 Million Free Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

Uganda has applied for more than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as the pandemic ravages the country ahead of the 2021...

Former NITA-U Director James Saaka is dead

James Saaka, the former Executive Director of the National Informational Technology Authority (NITA-U), is dead. Saaka, who served NITA-U for over ten...

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BREAKING! Kampala Police crime boss succumbs to Covid-19

Kampala Metropolitan Police has announced that its senior crime investigations officer AIP Simon Asaba has succumbed to Covid-19. According to police, AIP...

BREAKING: Museveni suspends presidential Campaigns due to COVID-19 rising cases

KAMPALA: With the political temperature in Uganda rising to higher levels as as rival political parties enter an aggressive campaign for January...

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Former Kabale District Boss Dr. Runumi wins battle against Covid-19, tell his story

KAMPALA – Former Kabale district LC5 chairperson and commissioner in the ministry of health Dr. Francis Mwesigye Runumi has been discharged from...

COVID-19: Ibanda NRM Youth Boss and Flag Bearer succumbs to Coronavirus

IBANDA – Shock and grief has engulfed friends and relatives of Engineer Godfrey Mugisha who on Sunday 8th November was reported to have...

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BREAKING: Another Top University Don Succumbs to Covid-19.

News reaching out editorial desk confirm the passing on of Lira University Academic Registrar, Dr. Evelyn Karindiriza who died yesterday at her...

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East Africa

Kenya Reports $21 Million lost in Kemsa Covid-19 Scandal report

EAST AFRICA: A report by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu on the procurement scandal at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) has revealed that over...

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COVID-19 UPDATE: Uganda confirms 247 new cases

UGANDA: The Ministry of Health has confirmed 247 new COVID-19 cases from tests that were carried out on Sunday, September 27,2020 rising...

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GOOD NEWS: Uganda to begin trials of coronavirus vaccine in November

Uganda is set to start human trials of the Covid-19 vaccine starting November as the country continues the fight against the pandemic,...

Ugandan MP Allegedly succumbs to Covid-19

Paliisa Woman Member of Parliament Faith Alupo has allegedly succumbed to Covid-19.The MP passed on from Mulago National Referral Hospital, at a...

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BREAKING: Uganda registers 318 new Covid-19 cases, highest in a single day

The Ministry of Health has announced 318 new cases of COVID-19, making it the country’s highest number of positive cases, of which...

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Gov’t Warns to Halt Public Transport due to surge in COVID-19 cases

The government of Uganda through the Minister for Works and Transport, Gen Katumba Wamala has said they may consider halting the use...

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BREAKING: Uganda confirms second Covid-19 death

The Ministry of Health officials have on Sunday July 26, 2020 confirmed second Coronavirus death as Uganda’s cases continue to rise. The...

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I am positive for Covid-19: Uganda Cranes Player confirms contraction of the Virus

Uganda Cranes and former Kasasiro boys forward Derrick Nsibambi has come out to admit he’s suffering from COVID-19 three days after news...

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Uganda Secures UGX 115 Billion From African Development Fund for COVID-19 response

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has on Sunday confirmed approval of $31.6 million (UGX 116.7 Billion) loan to...

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Panic as Uganda Registers first Covid-19 Death

The Ministry of Health in Uganda has confirmed its first case of coronavirus (Covid-19) death as the case for infections rose to...

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Health Ministry investigating death of Mbale Woman; she had COVID related symptoms

Latest info coming in indicate the Ministry of Health led by Minister Jane Ruth Aceng is investigating the death of a 34-year-old...

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News Headlines

Dr. Stella Nyanzi and several city traders detained at CPS

Dr Nyanzi who also claims to own businesses in the arcades and the other arrested traders have been taken to the Central...

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BREAKING! Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19

Mr Bolsonaro has repeatedly played down the risks posed by the virus, calling it "a little flu" and saying that he would...

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