The Ministry of Health Uganda has announced 7 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. Results from samples tested on 20 June 2020 confirm 7 new COVID-19 cases and this brings the total cases to 770 in Uganda. The 7 cases are; 2 truck drivers from Points of Entry: 1 from Elegu and 1 from […]
The State Minister of Health in charge of Primary Health Care Dr. Moriku Joyce has presided over discharge of 11 COVID-19 patients who tested negative twice. This brings the total number of recoveries to 420 in the country. “I have witnessed the discharge of 11 people that have recovered from Covid-19 at Soroti hospital in […]
The Ministry of Health Uganda has confirmed 32 new cases of COVID-19, the deadly disease caused by Coronavirus. Results from samples tested on 01 June 2020 confirmed 32 new COVID-19 cases bringing total number of COVID-19 cases in Uganda to 489. 19 of the new cases are truck drivers. 14 from Elegu, 2 from Malaba, […]
Its increasing day by day!!! The Ministry of Health has announced that today 26th May 2020, 31 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed. This brings the total confirmed cases in Uganda to 253. Among the 31 new cases, 23 cases are from the Points of Entry while 8 new cases are contacts to previously confirmed […]
The Ministry of Health has called for total abstinence from sex in this era of COVID-19 pandemic. In an advert released by the Ministry, it calls on the young generation to delay sex debuts and children bearing in this time of COVID-19 and after. “In this time of COVID-19 and after, you can delay sexual […]
The Ministry of Health has confirmed 23 new cases of the deadly COVID-19. Samples tested on 23rd May, 2020 confirmed 23 new COVID-19 cases taking the country’s total to 198. 19 new cases are truck drivers who arrived via Elegu and Busia while 4 cases are contacts to previously confirmed truck drivers. All contacts were […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will tonight address the nation regarding COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The president’s acdress slated to take place tonight at 8pm after earlier announced of pushing it to tomorrow wasiwas withdrawn. The 14-day lockdown extension is supposed to end tomorrow so the head of state will announce the next step tonight. “Tonight at […]
The Ministry of Health has today 16th May 2020 confirmed 24 new cases of COVID-19 from 2,044 samples of truck drivers. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases to 227 in Uganda. The new cases breakdown: Elegu: 3 Ugandans, 2 Kenyans Mutukula: 6 Tanzanians, 1 Ugandan Malaba: 12 Kenyans All 554 community samples have […]
The Ministry of Health has confirmed 43 new COVID-19 positive cases from 1838 samples of truck drivers at border points of entry. All 720 samples taken from the community tested negative for COVID-19. The total number of tests done today are 2558 at Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), The total number of COVID confirmed cases […]
The Minister of Health, Hon. Jane Ruth Aceng and State Minister for Health in charge of General Duties, Hon. Robinah Nabbanja have today commissioned the 1st Port Health laboratory in Uganda. It is a gene expert laboratory with 2 machines and capacity to run 64 samples per hour. All truck drivers arriving via Mutukula point […]
