Uganda’s Ministry of Health yesterday Monday May 4, 2020, confirmed eight new COVID-19 cases confirmed. Six tested positive out of 2,061 samples of truck drivers while 2 cases are from the community confirmed from the Rapid Assessment Survey. Uganda now has four cases from the community. “5 truck drivers arrived
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Makerere University will soon ink a deal with global Technology giants, Microsoft, Dell and Google that will see students and staff receive laptops at subsidized prices, the University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (pictured) has revealed. Nawangwe made the announcement yesterday through his Twitter handle writing, "We are going to
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Heavy rains have been pounding the East African region/Getty Images East Africa’s Lake Victoria, the continent's largest freshwater lake, has seen its shores rise to record levels, submerging businesses, homes and threatening thousands of lives and livelihoods. In Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania the rising waters have forced families to abandon
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By Paul Mwirigi Muriungi No one knows exactly when we will be able to return to the normal ‘business-as-usual’. This has made many brands sit back in a wait-and-see mode. However, this doesn’t have to be the case from a marketing communications perspective; here are a few tips to make
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Uganda's Ministry of ICT and National Guidance has challenged mainstream media owners in the country to fight the spread of fake news as the public depends on them for authenticity. Nabakooba's message is contained in a statement released on Sunday as Uganda joined the rest of the world to mark
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Various Vulnerable groups in Uganda have called upon government and concerned organizations to remember them during this COVID19 lockdown through provision of food relief items. Groups that include Salon operators, boda bodas and employees in bars among others have said that though President Yoweri Museveni categorized them as vulnerable groups,
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As governments across the globe continued responding to COVID-19's devastation, the mobile sector is playing a crucial role in supporting efforts tackling the pandemic and enhancing health services response to it, according to a newly released report from GSMA. While the report found that the pandemic has upended people's lives,
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It was launched after being tested on fewer than 20 people/AFP The president of Tanzania says he will send a plane to Madagascar to import a herbal tonic which has been touted as a cure for coronavirus by the country's president. Congo-Brazzaville's president has also promised to import the drink.
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Uganda’s Ministry of Health Saturday confirmed three new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s confirmed cases to 88. “2 out of 1,922 samples of truck drivers: 1 Kenyan and 1 Burundian who arrived via Malaba. Efforts to track them are underway. 1 out of 562 samples from the community: 22 year
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Following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, President Yoweri Museveni instituted a National Taskforce team headed by Rt Hon Prime Minister to oversee all the donations to be given towards government to boost its efforts of combating COVID19 in the country by donating food and other items towards people made vurnerable
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