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Police explain increase in severe accidents despite transport ban
On the night of April 4, 2020, Mulago hospital casualty ward registered close to 20 victims of road accidents. Most of the victims were rushed to the hospital by police patrol vehicles, motorcycles and...
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South Sudanese blame foreigners for bringing coronavirus
When South Sudan confirmed its fourth case of coronavirus late this week, an official with the country’s coronavirus task force decided not to disclose details about the person because some South...
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Uganda coronavirus cases rise to 54
One new coronavirus has been confirmed today at the Uganda Virus Research Institute - rising the national tally to 54 cases. Active cases remain at 50 after 4 patients were discharged yesterday from...
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COVID-19: Cameroon imposes mandatory face mask wearing
Cameroon has required the wearing of face masks by all of its citizens and begun large scale production of Chloroquine to treat COVID-19. The country says its hospitals are already overwhelmed, with...
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Experts predict more flooding along Lake Victoria shores
The upcoming rains are set to worsen the flooding along the shores of Lake Victoria, environment experts have warned. Yesterday Sunday, several areas within and beyond Entebbe Municipality were...
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Nurse summoned for wheeling patient to hospital
Arua district security has summoned a nurse at Ediofe Mission dispensary, Dorish Okundinia to explain why she wheeled a patient over a distance of 2kms to Arua regional referral hospital to seek...
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No new COVID-19 cases in Uganda as global infections near 2 million
Uganda registered no new coronavirus on Monday after all 639 samples tested negative at the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe. On the same day, another 3 patients who have recovered from...
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Museveni extends COVID-19 lockdown by 21 days
President Museveni has this afternoon extended the lockdown of the country for another 21 days until May 5. Addressing the country from State House Nakasero, Museveni said the country still has a...
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UN begins airlift to help Africa fight coronavirus
The United Nations (UN) is transporting the first cargo of vital medical supplies Tuesday to a number of African countries to help them contain the spread of COVID-19. The supplies, which are...
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Tumukunde sent back to Luzira over coronavirus lockdown
Former Security minister Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde has been sent back to prison after the High court said it could not hear his bail application due to the existing coronavirus lockdown. President...
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Ugandan truck driver tests positive for coronavirus
Uganda’s coronavirus cases have climbed to 55 after one new case was confirmed on Tuesday. The new case is of a 38-year-old Ugandan male cargo transporter from Tororo district in eastern Uganda who...
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Only 30 'cleared' to attend justice Ntabgoba burial
Only 30 mourners will attend the burial of the former principal judge, Herbert Ntabgoba, the judiciary has announced. The judiciary spokesperson, Solomon Muyita, says the Works and Transport ministry...
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Mulago discharges 4 recovered COVID-19 patients
Mulago national referral hospital has today discharged 4 patients who have fully recovered from the coronavirus disease. According to the officials, the discharged patients have tested negative twice...
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COVID-19 cases rise to 88 in lockdown-free Tanzania
Coronavirus cases have spiked to 88 in Tanzania after 35 new cases and one death were registered today. Tanzania remains one of the few countries in the world that have resisted the World Health...
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Is lockdown right for Africa?
PROF ALEX BROADBENT is director of the Institute for the Future of Knowledge and professor of philosophy at the University of Johannesburg. He specialises in prediction, causal inference, and...
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Trapped in Italy, Ugandan students appeal for help
In Italy, Ugandan students are out of supplies and cash and are appealing for help from their government. In all, there are 32 students at various universities in Italy. They have reached out to...
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Report: How Covid will ground the economy
The ultimate metric of a pandemic is the bodies it drops in its wake. In Europe and America, the Covid-19 death toll is staggering. It has hit well over the 100,000 mark. But in less-ravaged Africa and...
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Immune system fights COVID-19
Can a person’s immune system fight off and neutralize the coronavirus without need for treatment? The official answer, according to Prof Pontiano Kaleebu, is; “Yes, indeed, even now it’s the immune...
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Kadaga secretary summoned over social media post 'mocking' MPs
The principal press secretary to speaker of parliament, Sam Obbo has been summoned by the clerk to parliament Jane Kibirige to explain a message he posted on social media. On April 4, Obbo forwarded a...
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No new coronavirus cases recorded in Uganda
All 1,032 suspected coronavirus samples tested negative on Wednesday at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, ministry of Health has announced. That means Uganda's confirmed coronavirus cases remain at...
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