covid-19

The Ministry of Health has confirmed 15 news COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases registered in Uganda to 160. In a Thursday statement, Dr Henry Mwebesa, the director general of health services at the ministry said…

Uganda has struck foreign cargo truck drivers off its list of confirmed cases of coronavirus disease. Subsequently, the number of cases recorded within the country’s borders has reduced from 264 published on Tuesday to 145. The health…

Uganda has registered four new cases of COVID-19, with two of them being contacts of cross-border truck drivers who earlier tested positive for the virus. A statement issued by the health ministry on Wednesday said 500 community samples…

Private cars will be allowed to move starting May 26 while restrictions on public transport will be relaxed on June 4 as government moves to ease the virus-induced lockdown, President Yoweri Museveni has said. The President was,…

President Yoweri Museveni's 14th address on the state of the Coronavirus outbreak in the country has been moved to Tuesday. The Senior Presidential Press Secretary Don Wanyama communicated the changes on Monday afternoon without giving…

The Ministry of Health has announced 21 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 248. All the new confirmed cases are Ugandan nationals. According to the ministry of health, 17 new cases were identified at…

The Ministry of Health confirmed Saturday morning 43 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases to 203. The ministry tweeted on its official twitter handle saying all the new cases were from the 1,838 samples taken from…

Following the outbreak of COVID- 19, education systems worldwide have been significantly affected. Since most of the schools in Uganda, whether day or boarding, are highly crowded as a result of our high population growth, they presented an…

Members of Parliament have applauded President Yoweri Museveni for exemplary leadership. Kole North MP Bonny Okello on Tuesday moved a motion for a resolution of parliament paying tribute to Museveni for his exemplary leadership during…

The East African Community leaders have held a meeting in which they agreed to adopt measures that will help in the fight against COVID-19. A communique sent out by Don Wanyama, the senior press secretary to the President, said Yoweri…