All posts tagged "Covid-19"

COVID19: UK bans entry of Ugandan travellers over surging cases

A statement released by the UK government on Thursday said the decision was reached at following a review of the latest scientific...

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Africa

World Bank, AU partner to vaccinate 400m Africans

The World Bank and African Union have partnered to support the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) initiative with resources to allow countries to...

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Big Story

Gov’t bans Oxygen Usage at home on Covid Patients

The government has warned health workers and caregivers against administering oxygen to Covid-19 patients while at home or other undesignated places. This...

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Mass Covid-19 vaccination to resume next week

The Ministry of Health has announced that mass covid-19 vaccination will resume on Monday, June 28, after about two weeks since the...

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KACITA Chairman, Everest Kayondo is dead

The Chairman of Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), Kayondo Everest has died. Kayondo was pronounced dead on Wednesday afternoon from Lifeline International...

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National

COVID19: Parliament shuts down for two weeks as infections surge among MPs

The Parliament of Uganda has announced that the August House has been closed down for two weeks following surging cases of Covid-19...

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Bebe Cool’s Wife Zuena narrates how she survived Covid-19 at Mulago

Musician Big Size Bebe Cool’s wife Zuena Kirema recently survived Covid-19 at Mulago and today she came out to narrate how she...

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COVID-19 relief plan: How government plans to identify, feed the vulnerable

Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja on Sunday revealed that government plans to send a cash token to all vulnerable Ugandans in what she termed...

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Health

KCCA dispatches 18 ambulances for emergency health response

COVID-19 RESPONSE: Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has sent out 18 ambulances to offer emergency health response to the residents across the...

Patients flee Budaka hospital as four succumb to Covid 19

BUDAKA: Dozens of In-patients and caretakers at Budaka Health IV have deserted their wards after four covid-19 patients died at the health...

Private Sector Foundation Boss Gideon Badagawa succumbs to Covid-19

JUST IN: Mr. Gideon Badagawa the Executive Director of Private Sector Foundation Uganda has died. Badagawa, 54, is said to have died...

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COVID-19: Victoria Hospital reduces charges, offers free beds to 4 health workers

KAMPALA: As the fight against Covid-19 rages on with positive cases on a spike, UMC Victoria Hospital in Bukoto has announced a...

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City Businessman Asiimwe Hakeem Lukenge succumbs to Covid

Former Presidential Assistant and City Businessman, Asiimwe Hakeem Lukenge has died, the Daily Express has learnt. The NRM Vice Chairperson for Eastern...

COVID19: 1,397 new cases registered, 42 deaths

The latest Covid-19 update released on Saturday, June 19, indicates that Uganda has registered 1,397 new coronavirus cases with 42 deaths according...

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Kyotera District offices closed as three senior staff test positive for coronavirus

The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Kyotera District has directed all administrative offices at the Kasaali headquarters due to the Covid-19 pandemic,...

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UPDATE: Curfew back to 7pm, schools & places of worship remain closed for 42 days

President Museveni has directed that curfew be moved from 9pm to 7pm in a bid to control the spread of the deadly...

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JUST IN: Museveni bans public and private transport as covid cases surge

STATE HOUSE: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced a ban on public and private vehicles in a move to curb the escalating...

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Former Daily Monitor Bureau Chief Succumbs to COVID-19

MBARARA: Former Daily Monitor Bureau chief for Rwenzori Sub-region Mr. Felix Basiime has died, the Daily Express News reports. Basiime was on...

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Museveni to address the nation on Covid today as total lockdown looms

President Yoweri Museveni will today Friday, June 18, address the nation on the state of Covid-19 as total lockdown looms in the...

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