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Presidential aspirant Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine and Kampala mayoral aspirant Joseph Mayanja aka Jose Chameleone have taken it upon themselves to sensitise masses on coronavirus. Bobi Wine Sunday met leaders from Kyadondo East Constituency to discuss ways of sensitizing the people more about the preventive measures to take in the wake of the Corona Virus pandemic. “We pitched together ideas in line with the guidelines from the health ministry and medical experts’ advice,” Bobi Wine said about the meeting that happened at his Magere home in Wakiso district. Consequently, Bobi Wine distributed handwashing kits to leaders and encouraged each…
HAVANA (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba said it dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy for the first time this weekend to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus at the request of the worst-affected region Lombardy. The Caribbean island has sent its “armies of white robes” to disaster sites around the world largely in poor countries since its 1959 revolution. Its doctors were in the front lines in the fight against cholera in Haiti and against ebola in West Africa in the 2010s. Yet with the 52-strong brigade, this is the first time Cuba has sent an…
Following the pronouncement of the corona virus in Uganda by the ministry of health, a team of Doctors from the UPDF, recently trained by the ministry of health were dispatched to Entebbe International Airport grade B hospital and hotels where isolated or quarantined people are being monitored for the likelihood of having the virus. Dr Capt Kyitahimbwa of Air Force and Dr Capt Magoba of SFC have been tasked to oversee all quarantine centers in Kampala and Entebbe areas to ensure compliance with the already given guidelines. Hotels in Entebbe where isolated cases are held include Protea, Imperial Botanical, Central…
Uganda has this evening confirmed the 1st Corona Virus Case. According the Hon. Jane Ruth Achieng the Minister of Health, The confirmed case is a 36 year old Ugandan male who arrived from Dubai at 2:00am today, Saturday 21 March 2020 aboard Ethiopian airlines. He presented with symptoms of high fever and poor appetite, Minister Stated. “During the screening process at the airport, his temperature was 38.7. This prompted the health teams to isolate him at the airport for further follow up. Subsequent temperatures taken at intervals of 30 minutes and one hour remained the same” Minister revealed adding that…
BY BBC What a challenge to be the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the time of the coronavirus. The entire planet hanging on your every word, addressing daily press conferences at the headquarters in Geneva to detail an ever increasing number of cases in an ever increasing number of countries. This is the lot of Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the first African head of the WHO, who took office two-and-a-half years ago promising to reform the organisation, and to tackle the illnesses that kill millions each year: malaria, measles, childhood pneumonia, or HIV/Aids. And yet, while the…
Kyadondo East MP Hon Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has asked government to suspend the social media and mobile money taxes for the next 30 days. This, he said, will allow the public transact through those platforms and avoid use of paper money and access information easily. In July 2017, government introduced the Shs 200 daily tax for use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Whatsapp, but the taxbody says they registered a shortfall of 83 per cent as only 17.4 per cent of internet subscribers were able to pay the tax. Bobi Wine is one of the people…
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority [CAA] Friday blocked 10 South Korean nationals from entering the country upon arrival at the Entebbe International Airport. Vianney Luggya, CAA manager for Public Affairs, told Daily Monitor the decision was reached after assessment by the health workers at the airport since South Korea is under category one countries. “They were only about 10 Koreans. It was not an order,” he told the newspaper. He added: “The health officials interacted with them on arrival and after it was deemed necessary and politely requested them to return where they were coming from.” Luggya also said the South…
Famous ex-Makerere University researcher Dr. Stellah Nyanzi has this evening broken hearts of People Power supporters. This followed a visit to Dr. Kiiza Besigye’s office where they rubbed shoulders and even knelt down to show allegiance. Several pro-Bobi Wine Supporters have always carried chants and described Nyanzi as a People Power die-hard something that might not go well with the Kamwokya fraternity following the visit. “I knelt down to receive the anointing of radical resistance from my mentor Rt. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye. Not only is he the President of the defiant People’s Government, but he is also the People’s…
The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) is seeking shs16 billion to combat the current rise in new HIV infections. The chairperson of UAC, Eddy Mukooyo says the new trend of HIV infections is worrying and there is need to curb them before the country slips back into a crisis. “Uganda currently has 53,000 new HIV infections estimated to translate into 300,000 new infections by by 2025, if there no efforts to foster positive behaviors” said Mukooyo. Mukooyo said that if Parliament allocates shs16 billion for prevention in the next financial year, the rate of new infections will reduce. “This money will…
The Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda has this morning convened a meeting for the Multi-Sectoral Committee on the Corona Virus Disease (COVID 19) to review strategies and approaches used in the fight to keep the disease outside Uganda. The committee was recently formed by H.E the President of Uganda and it is composed of Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including; Health, Tourism, Security, Works and Transport, Information and National Guidance, Kampala, Foreign Affairs, and Internal Affairs among others. The meeting was held at the New Government Building, Office of Prime Minister in Kampala. The committee reviewed the…