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Brazil president tests positive for coronavirus for a second time
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro remained in self-isolation Thursday, a day after announcing he tested positive for coronavirus for a second time. Speaking to reporters outside his official residence,...
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Entebbe hospital admits 11 expectant returnees with COVID-19 symptoms
Entebbe hospital has admitted eleven expecting women who recently returned into the country and have symptoms of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Majority of these expecting women are in their...
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Minister Aceng rules out resigning but regrets Lira incident
The minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng will not resign but says she regrets the Lira incident, in which she was captured on camera interacting with residents without a face mask.Aceng who has...
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Police arrests 32 fans watching Arsenal vs Liverpool match in Katanga
A joint security team arrested 32 football fans watching the English Premier League match between Arsenal and Liverpool yesterday evening.Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson...
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S.African hospitals forced to turn away COVID-19 patients
Some South African hospitals are turning away hundreds of people infected with the coronavirus because of a lack of medical staff and equipment, a doctor says. Dr. Tobisa Fodo said her intensive care...
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Countries reimpose lockdowns to curb COVID-19 resurgence
Countries around the world are reimposing lockdowns and implementing new health restrictions at their borders in an effort to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus before it spins even further out of...
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MPs want govt to declare 2020 'dead academic year'
Members of parliament on the National Economy committee have called for the cancellation of 2020 academic year. More than 15 million children were sent home following the closure of schools in March...
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Mulago hospital boss disowns mild COVID remarks
Mulago hospital executive director Dr Byarugaba Baterena has disowned remarks attributed to him in the Daily Monitor, in which, he reportedly called for the total lifting of the COVID-19 restrictions....
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1,000 deaths per day becomes Brazil’s ‘new normal’
A thousand deaths a day. Since late May, three months after Brazil's first reported case of the coronavirus, it has recorded more than 1,000 daily deaths on average in a gruesome plateau that has yet...
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Returnees quarantined at Sheraton hotel protest 3-day extension
Ugandan returnees quarantined at Sheraton Kampala hotel have sought the intervention of parliament after the ministry of Health extended their quarantine by three days. They are part of the more than...
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Catholic Church suspends salaries for all staff in all 6,000 schools
The Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) has halted payments for all its employees in the Catholic Church privately-owned education institutions across the country. The Catholic Church - through its...
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Three S.Sudanese refugees killed in tribal clashes in Uganda
Three refugees of Nuer origin have been killed in clashes involving two South Sudanese tribes, the Kuku and the Nuer in Palorinya settlement camp in Obongi district, northern Uganda. Over 100...
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Police wrong to favour NRM in COVID-19 prevention - Lumumba
The ruling National Resistance Movement party secretary general Justine Kasule Lumumba has criticized the police and other law enforcement agencies for favouring NRM members while implementing...
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USA moves to seize ex-Gambia dictator's properties
Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh used bribery proceeds and stolen government funds to buy a mansion in a suburb of Washington, D.C., U.S. authorities allege in a lawsuit seeking to seize the...
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Islamic University in Uganda cuts staff salaries by 90%
The Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) has announced salary cuts of up to 90 per cent for its staff members following a review of the terms of employment amidst the COVID-19 lockdown.The university...
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Two hawkers arrested for stabbing KCCA enforcers
Two hawkers have been arrested on allegations of stabbing two Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) law enforcement officers. Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Patrick Onyango identified the...
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Bodyguard to former Malawi president rearrested
Malawi police have rearrested former President Peter Mutharika’s bodyguard, this time on a charge of attempted murder. The government said Friday’s arrest of Norman Chisale was part of an initiative...
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Two private security guards arrested over Shs 100m robbery in Kamwokya
Police have arrested two security guards suspected to have robbed Shs 100 million from a businessman they were guarding in Kamwokya, a suburb of Kampala. The two guards identified as Alex Abok and...
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4 police officers injured in clashes with locals over circumcision ritual
Four police officers and two civilians have been admitted in hospital after sustaining injuries from fierce clashes between the police and local youth who were holding a circumcision ritual ceremony in...
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US hospitals run out of ICU beds as COVID-19 cases spike again
Forty-five hospitals in the southern US state of Florida reported Monday having no intensive care beds available, as the surge in coronavirus cases in the United States puts a strain on the health care...
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