coronavirus

The Head of the State House Anti Corruption Unit Lt Col Edith Nakalema has arrested top OPM officials and handed them to the police CID. This comes after the government contracted a supplier who took the samples of posho and beans to the…

President Yoweri Museveni has made four additional directives in the fight against COVID-19. Drinking alcohol in groups from homes has been banned and those found holding such parties will be charged with attempted. In his address on…

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged unity, as the agency comes under continued fire from US President Donald Trump. Speaking on Wednesday, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus defended the WHO's work and called…

George W Bush warned that the US needed to start preparing for a pandemic, while he was still in office. In 2005, Mr Bush gave a speech at the National Institutes of Health, where he outlined the need to prepare for a global outbreak.…

The US recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day with more than 1,800 fatalities reported on Tuesday. It brings the total number of deaths in the country to nearly 13,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The…

Capt. Brett Crozier, hailed by his crew but fired as skipper of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt by Navy leadership following a leaked bombshell letter, has tested positive for COVID-19, the New York Times first reported. The paper…

The government of Rwanda has said it will not pay officials for one month is the coronavirus pandemic bites the small East African country. Yesterday, the number of coronavirus infections hit past 100 in Rwanda despite strict measures in…

The Ministry of Health on Sunday night announced that four more cases of COVID-19 had been registered, bringing the total number of infected people to 52. A statement signed by the director-general of health services, Dr Henry G.…

The C.I.A. has been warning the White House since at least early February that China has vastly understated its coronavirus infections and that its count could not be relied upon as the United States compiles predictive models to fight the…

An expectant woman who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has today successfully delivered her fourth child through caesarean section operation. The woman delivered her baby girl at around 1:45 pm at Entebbe regional…