covid-19

The Ministry of Health has reported nine new Covid-19 infections as Uganda’s total number of confirmed cases Thursday rose to 902. All new confirmed cases are Ugandans, according to the Dr Henry Mwebesa, the director general health…

Kenya has recorded its highest number of Covid-19 positive cases in a 24-hour period since the first case was reported in February. The 307 new cases come from a sample of 3,591 tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 6,673,…

As we are all aware; the world has been ravaged by the new enemy in the name of COVID-19 pandemic, and many countries we once thought were mighty and exemplary have been put to shame for being paper tigers and having wrong remedies to the…

Thousands of Burundians clad in white gathered Friday in the capital Gitega to say a final goodbye to former president Pierre Nkurunziza at a state funeral after his sudden death earlier this month. The coffin carrying the late president…

While addressing parliament on May 28, Sam Kutesa, Uganda's minister of foreign affairs, said the Government was committed to allowing Ugandans stranded abroad to return home in a phased and orderly manner. Following Minister Sam…

The invisible enemy COVID – 19 has managed to penetrate Kenya’s defence forces. According to media reprts in Kenya, at least 80 soldiers have tested positive to the fast-spreading virus forcing authorities to place all military barracks…

President Yoweri  Museveni last evening maintained the night-time curfew across the country arguing that it is not only to curb crime but also a means to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The curfew runs from 7 p.m. to 6 30 a.m. every…

A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say. The drug…

Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has today discharged 47 truck drivers who have recovered from the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The patients, all long-distance truck drivers were discharged on Monday afternoon. This is the biggest…

The government of Uganda is set to distribute over 30 Million face masks countrywide. The distribution of 3 layered masks was launched by the acting prime minister Gen Moses Ali last evening with a total of 750,000 face masks flagged off…