truck drivers

Uganda has registered another 15 new cases of COVID-19 for the second day running, of which 12 are truck drivers while the other three cases are contacts to previously confirmed truck drivers. According to a statement issued by the…

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…

Uganda has registered 13 new COVID-19 cases, the biggest number in a single day, bringing the total number of cases to 114. The 13 cases were identified from the 2,421 samples collected from the truck drivers on May 8, 2020.  Seven of…

President Yoweri Museveni is set to address the nation again tonight as numbers of coronavirus patients rise to 89 after a Kenyan truck driver tested positive for the virus on Sunday. The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday night that…

There is growing concern among Ugandans after the Ministry of Health announced the biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases since the outbreak of the deadly disease in Uganda. More concerning is that all the 11 new cases of COVID-19…

Ugandan health authorities are searching for a Tanzanian Truck driver who tested positive for COVID-19. This sample was among the results of the 1,120 people among which are 376 of those under institutional quarantine that were tested by…

As a new measure adopted to further combat the spread of Covid19 at Uganda’s borders, all truck drivers driving into Uganda are required to present themselves to the Ministry of Health officials for testing. On the 12th of April, 2020 a…