As of today 2nd June 2020, the ministry of health has issued a statement confirming 32 new COVID 19 case making the total of confirmed cases 489 in Uganda. Below is the statement; Continue reading Updates on the COVID-19 Outbreak in Uganda
University students in Tanzania will return to their respective colleges on June 1, 2020 as the number of Covid-19 cases drops in Tanzania, President John Magufuli announced on Thursday, 21 May 2020. Speaking at the State House in Dodoma during the swearing-in of Tanzania’s ambassadors to Kenya, Algeria and Mozambique as well as the Health deputy minister Godwin Mollel, Dr Magufuli said university students should … Continue reading Tanzania Reopens Colleges, Sports and Tourism.
According to news reports from China, doctors at Shangqiu Municipal Hospital tested semen of 38 men aged 15 and older hospitalized with the disease, 6 patients tested positive. Four patients were at the acute stage of the infection while two others were recovering. Study shows that areas not attacked by immune system for example; inner portion of eyebrows, ovary and testicles, virus could reside there … Continue reading Can Corona virus be sexually transmitted?? Find out.
Uganda confirmed 13 new Covid-19 cases from 2,421 samples taken from truck drivers on 8th/May/2020.
Out of the 13 new cases,7 are Kenyans, 4 are Ugandans while 2 are Tanzanians. Tracking them has commenced and the public will be informed accordingly. While all 740 community samples tested negative for Covid-19.
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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved today a disbursement of SDR361 million (about US$491.5 million or 100 percent of quota) for Uganda under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). It will help finance the health, social protection and macroeconomic stabilization measures, meet the urgent balance-of-payments and fiscal needs arising from the COVID-19 outbreak and catalyze additional support from the international community. The Ugandan … Continue reading International Monetary Fund (IMF) Approves US$491.5 Million Disbursement to Uganda to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
River Nyamwamba in Kasese has flooded again destroying villages in Busunga town council. These floods have also left Kirembe Hospital’s property destroyed leaving over 80 patients, patients and doctors stranded. People with their property and animals have started shifting to nearby villages that have not been affected by these landslides. While in Bundibugyo, one UPDF soldier is dead and three others have been rescued by … Continue reading Floods hit Kasese and Bundibugyo
On 4th/05/2020, the President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni addressed the nation on COVID19 and gave new guidelines on how the country is going to survive in the next two weeks after extending the lockdown for two more weeks. He highlighted the following: 1. Airport to remain closed to passenger planes. 2. Wholesalers allowed to open. But operators must have face masks and must observe social distancing … Continue reading COVID-19 Lock Down Updates: Key Points from the 13th Presidential Address
In his address, on Monday night, he extended the lock down to more 14 days after completion of 21. This comes after Cargo Truck Drivers from neighboring countries and with in Uganda increasingly test positive. Only Wholesale shops, mechanics, ware houses, markets, Insurance providers, Lawyers but all these must maintain standard procedures. “The other safeguard is that we are going to make it mandatory for … Continue reading President Museveni extends lock down to more 14 days
Tanzanian President John Magufuli says the country’s National Referral Laboratory is using faulty Covid19 test kits that give positive results to everyone and everything. “I have always raised my suspicions about how our national lab has been conducting the COVID19 tests. They have been giving a lot of positive results. I set up a task force to look into the matter as I believe there … Continue reading President Magufuli questions accuracy of test kits in Tanzania Lab.
Ministry of Health Uganda confirms more 2 covid-I9 cases in Uganda out of the 299 samples tested today 29/4/2020. Both cases are male 24 Ugandan and 21 Burundian refugee. This bring to a total of confirmed cases in Uganda to 81, Recovered-52 and active cases to 29. For World tracker, click here Continue reading Covid-19 Update
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