President Yoweri Museveni has revealed plans to announce a new set of measures to supplement some of the directives already in place. The President announced his plans on his official twiter handle highlighting that a total of 227 returnees from Dubai and other places were tested, 5 were positive, bringing
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Uganda and other nations across the globe will have to wait for at least 18months before vaccine for the Coronavirus is confirmed for use, according to World Health Organisation (WHO). The development was revealed by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of WHO during a press briefing in Geneva Switzerland
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Makerere University has retained medical students to supplement Government team fight the deadly COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus. It should be noted that recently President Museveni directed closure of schools including higher institutions of learning. “Management agreed to the request from the Ministry of Health to retain all Clinical postgraduate
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Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma (pictured), has pledged donate 20,000 testing kits, 100,000 masks and 1,000 protective suits to each African country to help the fight against coronavirus. Mr Ma, Asia's richest person, earlier this month sent consignments of medical supplies to the US and pledged to
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Uganda's Health Ministry has revealed that a tour guide who was isolated after he presented symptoms similar to coronavirus have tested negative. "Results from the suspected case from Kanungu who presented with signs and symptoms similar to COVIDー19 have tested NEGATIVE at the UVRI," a brief statement from the country's
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The Ministry of Health has said no suspected Coronavirus patient was evacuated from downtown Kampala contrary to false reports. In a statement dated March14, 2020, Emmanuel Ainebyoona (pictured), SPRO-MoH says that the Ministry of Health surveillance teams yesterday, Friday 13th March 2020 received an alert from Royal Plaza of a
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Uganda's health ministry has advised school owners not to bar parents from visiting their children as awareness campaigns in the country over the coronavirus intensify. On Thursday, social media was awash with reports that some schools in the capital Kampala had issued advisories asking parents to stay away from their
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Uganda's Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has suspended a lawmaker who recently travelled from South Korea and did not self-quarantine himself. The suspended MP is Kilak North MP, Anthony Akol who was asked to exit the chambers on Thursday. "I've just ordered Kilak North MP, Anthony Akol, to exit the
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Uganda's Health Ministry Permanent Secretary has won the praise of Ugandans over her recent supervision tours across the country. Dr Diana Atwine who on Monday ended her supervision across the country to assess access to health services, has been lauded for the move with many hoping it will inspire other
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Uganda's Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has dismissed rumors that there are plans to release people suspected of having the now dreaded COVID-19 into the public. Aceng made the remarks on Sunday during a tour of Entebbe International Airport where she spent quite some time assessing the situation. "This
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