Health

UPDATE: 31 More COVID-19 cases confirmed

The number of COVID-19 cases in Uganda has risen to 253 after the ministry of health confirmed 31 new ones. According to the Director General of Health Services, Dr. Henry Mwebesa 23 of these are...

Uganda COVID-19 cases go to 160

By Our Reporter Yesterday, 14 May 2020, 21 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed from 1,593 samples of truck drivers. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 160 in Uganda. The new cases include: Ugandans, Kenyans,...

18 new COVID-19 cases confirmed pushes the national total tally to 507

By Our Reporter The Ministry of Health has announced 18 new COVID-19 cases that push the national total tally to 507.  According to the press statement released by the director general of health services Doctor Charles...

Yalelo Uganda opens Premium Fish Outlet In Jinja

Jinja town has, only a few weeks after being made a city, started registering massive developmental strides. While speaking during the launch of Yalelo Uganda, Uganda’s first fish outlet in Jinja, the mayor of...

COVID19UG: Amelia Kyambadde to assess situation of truck drivers

By Our Reporter The Minister of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambadde visited the Uganda-Kenya Busia and Malaba borders as well as the Elegu border with South Sudan. She traveled to the borders to assess the...

MOH records a total of 805 COVID-19 cases

Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed 8 new COVID-19 cases. The new cases have since extended Uganda’s cumulative total to 805, while recoveries have reached 717. The new coronavirus cases include only two community infections...

UPDATE: Uganda confirms 12 news cases as 32 truck drivers blocked from entering

By Our Reporter Uganda has confirmed 12 new cases of coronavirus from 1743 samples that were tested from various borders points on Monday. According to health ministry, the new cases are Ugandan nationals. The confirmation of...

Uganda gets $15 million from U.S. Mission to fight COVID-19

By Our Reporter The U.S. Mission in Uganda has provided both technical assistance and more than $15 million (Shs 56bn) in funding to meet the urgent needs of Uganda’s COVID-19 response. This is part of the...

COVID-19 Cases increase to 175

15 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Uganda.  According to the Ministry of Health, 12 new cases are truck drivers. 10 of these truck drivers arrived via Elegu, 2 arrived via Busia and Malaba respectively...

COVID-19 confirmed cases are now 212

By Our Reporter Results from samples tested on 24 May, 2020 confirm 14 new COVID-19 cases. The total confirmed cases are now 212. All new cases are contacts to to previously confirmed truck drivers. All contacts were under...