The six casual workers who came into contact with the crew members when the ship docked at Nakiwogo the landing site has also tested negative, although they will remain under quarantine at the Fisheries Institute in Entebbe.
Read more ...The Health Ministry and Kayunga COVID-19 District surveillance team have traced three COVID-19 positive truck drivers to Kangulumira Sub County. The truck drivers were taken into isolation, while their 65 primary contacts were quarantined.
Read more ...On Tuesday, the first day for private vehicles to return to the roads after a two months restriction, many struggled to beat the deadline amidst a gridlock on major highways out of the capital city.
Read more ...Robinah Nabanja, the State Minister of health for General duties says the distribution will be done in phases starting in the border districts and then move to other parts of the country.
Read more ...The six are members of the same family from Orwadai Ward, in Soroti Municipality, who had reported to Soroti Regional Referral Hospital on Tuesday after receiving information that the head of their family had tested positive to COVID-19.
Read more ...The equipment procured by the Ministry of Health with support from the Global Fund uses artificial intelligence to identify individuals likely to have TB within a short time. It is portable and can operate without power since it has rechargeable batteries.
Read more ...The Minister for Health Jane Ruth Aceng told the press that indeed the matter had been resolved, and the Ugandans will come back in phases. Those who wish to come home will register with Ugandan embassies abroad and be linked with airlines that are operational.
Read more ...Twenty-three cases are truck drivers who entered the country using different points of entry while eight cases are from contacts of truck drivers
Read more ...Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said that some of the labs including the mobile ones at Malaba, on the Kenyan border and the one in Elegu, at the South Sudan border have not yet started tests even as everything is intact because they need reagents.
Read more ...In absence of a hospital, people in the districts have to move long distances to the neighbouring districts to access specialized services such as child health, gynaecology and surgeries.
Read more ...Dr. Stephen Ataro Oyella, an Epidemiologist, says a good mask is one that ticks certain features such as breath-ability, ability to block bacteria or other pathogens and size among others.
Read more ...Livingstone Kateregga, the Medical in-charge at Kitovu Mobile AIDs Organization, a Catholic Medical and Community support institution operating in Masaka diocese, says the lockdown is presenting tough times to reliably offer services to their clients.
Read more ...Through the leadership of the village chairperson, Joseph Achilla Teko residents decided to dig two community pit latrines in order to avoid fines from Municipal Council and threats of litigation
Read more ...Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine were part of the four drugs being studied by the WHO in their solidarity trial taking place in over 17 countries. The other drugs were remedesvir and Lopinavir.
Read more ...The first quarantine centre, at Arua Nursing school currently has up to 51 cases, more than its estimated capacity of 50 people. On the basis of this, the district COVID-19 task force had resolved that a second centre be set up at Arua Prison Primary School before moving on to Arua Primary School and Anyafio Primary School.
Read more ...All 10 cases are Ugandan nationals who entered the country on Tuesday. Nine of them are truck drivers who entered the country from different points of entry while one case is of a contact to a truck driver. According to the health ministry, the contact was already under quarantine by the time samples were taken for testing.
Read more ...One commercial sex worker told URN that some of the truck drivers have families in Elegu and because of the restriction imposed on them, they are only able to meet their sexual partners in trucks at night.
Read more ...Mukunda says currently even as the government has received a lot of funding for COVID-19 both in terms of supplementary and donations, proper accountability is not being made.
Read more ...The man who is a resident of Opam B’ village, Ogwang apur parish, Acaba Sub county was resting at the trading center while waiting for a bicycle which was supposedly to be sent by his family members to pick him up and take him home upon arrival.
Read more ...The patients include three women and one girl. They were among the first 10 contacts of a businessman from Bukedea who tested positive for COVID-19 last week and was taken to Mbale Regional Referral Hospital for treatment. The group was quarantined in Kumi district but their results turned positive.
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