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...
Police Woman in Mutukula fully recovers from Covid-19
By Our Reporter
A policewoman attached to Mutukula Border Police Station, who had tested positive for Covid-19 has been discharged from Masaka Regional Referral Hospital.
She had been infected through contact with cargo truck drivers at...
Ministry of Health to create new laboratories to test for COVID-19
By Our Reporter
The Ministry of Health has approved six more laboratories to test for COVID-19 in the country.
Initially, testing of COVID-19 was exclusively done at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe and Makerere University’s...
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...
UPDATE: 10 new COVID-19 cases confirmed from track drivers
By Our Reporter
On Wednesday 20 May, 10 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed.
Of these, 9 new cases are truck drivers while 1 case is a contact to a confirmed truck driver.
Following a Presidential Directive of...
