covid-19

Results of COVID-19 tests done on September 24 have confirmed 154 new cases, the health ministry has announced. The Ministry said on Friday that the cumulative confirmed cases are now 7,218 while recoveries stand at 3,611. Among the…

Medical journal-The Lancet has ranked Uganda among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of suppressing the spread of COVID-19 as of August 2020. According to CNN, the ranking was based on the number of new coronavirus cases per…

President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday allowed schools to re-open on October 15 for the candidate classes (primary seven, senior four and senior six) and tertiary institutions for finalists. In the Sunday address, the president also…

Ugandan medical experts have discovered new treatment for COVID-19 amid the surge in positive cases in Uganda. According to Dr. Bruce Kirenga one of the experts, this treatment is still on trial and once approved it will be used to treat…

The first batch of 100 Ugandans who were stuck in Rwanda because of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions returned to Uganda on Tuesday. The group was flagged off by the Charge d’Affairs of the Ugandans Embassy in Rwanda’s capital Kigali, Ms Anne…

The police director of operations, Edward Osiru Ochom has tasked police commanders to stop being reluctant in the enforcement of Covid-19 preventive guidelines. Ochom, in his internal message to commanders, said the laxity of police…

The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation has reduced access to its Kampala office for both staff and members of the public after ten people at the media house tested positive for COVID-19. A statement issued today by the media house indicated…

The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has asked its security to ensure that all uninvited visitors present Covid-19 certificates before accessing the premises. This is after 21 of their staff tested positive for…

The Chief Political Commissar of the Uganda Police Force, AIGP  Asan Kasingye has tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). He is among the 97 Ugandans who have today tested positive, according to the latest update from the…

The Ministry of Health has announced 318 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda, making it the highest total recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic. Hit hardest is Amuru Prison,  where 153 inmates have been found to be positive…