Seven frontline health workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in Uganda, we can confirm. This brings the number of total COVID-19 cases to 417. The confirmed cases include: 3nurses, 2 doctors and 2 senior level staff. 3 of the health workers were confirmed among samples tested yesterday 30 May, 2020. Four others were confirmed today […]
The Ministry of Health confirmed 84 new COVID-19 cases, the highest Uganda has ever recorded on a single day. The total confirmed cases in the country now stand at 413. The 84 cases are; 52 are truck drivers: 50 arrived from South Sudan via Elegu, while 2 arrived from Kenya via Busia. 32 are contacts […]
The Ministry of Health Uganda has announced confirmation of 28 new cases of COVID-19 caused by Coronavirus. The Ministry said today 27th May 2020, 28 new COVID-19 cases confirmed bringing number in the country 281. The 28 case are; 21 are truck drivers who arrived from South Sudan via Elegu while 7 cases are contacts […]
The Ministry of Health has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 in Uganda taking the total to 100. The Ministry confirmed 2 new COVID-19 cases from 3,071 samples of truck drivers. The 2 new cases arrived from Kenya via Malaba; and are Eritrean and Kenyan nationalities. All 438 community samples have tested negative for the deadly […]
The State Minister for Health in charge of Primary Health Care, Hon. Joyce Moriku Kaducu yesterday paid a courtesy call to Jinja Regional Referral hospital and appreciated the hard work and diligence of the hospital staff led by the Director; Dr. Florence and the SPNO; Sr. Lubega. The minister also urged the staff to wear […]
Last week the UK Government announced a range of changes to its current immigration system, many of which will benefit Ugandans. The changes include the introduction of a fast track visa scheme for leading scientists, researchers and mathematicians and a new graduate route, which allows international students to stay in the UK for two years […]
The Minister of State for Finance in charge of Investment Hon. Evelyn Anite has said Uganda-Egypt Invest and Trade week provides an opportunity to Ugandan entrepreneurs to exchange ideas with Egyptian manufacturers and get to learn about new production methods. She will said while visiting the stalls at UMA Lugogo today morning. “This morning i […]
Nigerian born Singer Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun real names Wizkid will perform in Uganda on December 5th in a show that will take place at Kololo Airstrip. The show that is organized by ExW will be the first International show to start will kick start December as we end the year 2019. According to the organisers […]
The State Minister for Housing Hon. Sam Engola has been elected the chair of Forum on China-Africa cooperation (FOCAC) study in China. The minister was elected last week at the ongoing training in Beijing, China which aims at developing skills of party leaders and government officials in eradicating poverty. “I want to thank my colleagues […]
As part of its contribution to the MenStar Coalition, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) today announced an investment of USD 25 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS dedicated to scaling HIV self-testing. Countries, including Uganda will be able to apply for a portion of the funds to support self–testing. CIFF announced […]
