The Wakiso District Corona Taskforce is overwhelmed with distress calls about suspected coronavirus victims because of increased tension about the pandemic. Most of the reported cases are of people…

  Owing to the Corona Virus (COVID-19) guidelines on social distancing strategy, HIV care organizations have resorted to giving their clients more Anti-retroviral drugs to stay away from the health…

Two children have drowned in a septic tank in Mbale municipality. They are 5-year-old Faridah Namarome, a primary one pupil of Buyonjo Primary School and 3-year-old Rashid Wanyera, children of…

  Members of Parliament have tasked the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development to explain the failure to pay Ugandan traders who supplied goods to South Sudan. In May, Parliament…

  Twenty health workers are in custody at Kamuli Central Police Station for holding a workshop at Bugabula Guest House on Tuesday afternoon in disregard of a ban on public…

  The Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda has advised Ugandans to rely on time tested infection prevention methods of handwashing with water and soap other than depending on hand sanitizers, many…

  The ban on public gatherings announced by President, Yoweri Museveni as a preventive measure against the Coronavirus pandemic has taken a huge toll on several couples who had scheduled…

  Uganda Revenue Authority has given companies more time to file their tax returns as businesses battle the impact of coronavirus that has seen several shut doors and send staff…

  Parliament will scrutinize the 2020/2021 financial year budget estimates electronically in a bid to reduce on committee sittings. The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga revealed this during plenary on…

  There was panic and speculation over coronavirus diseases after four men collapsed in Kampala on Tuesday morning. Two unidentified men collapsed at Blue Room in central Kampala causing panic…

  There was a commotion in the Kondogoro zone in Kulambiro in Nakawa Division in Kampala on Tuesday when residents locked up a man and his family members inside their…

  President Yoweri Museveni has warned traders taking advantage of the coronavirus situation to sell foodstuffs at exorbitant prices that their licenses will be canceled. Museveni, who addressed the nation…

  The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has blocked three legislators from accessing parliament and referred them to institutional quarantine following their travel to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.…

  Masaka District Emergency Taskforce has designated Masaka School of Comprehensive Nursing and Midwifery a quarantine area for COVID-19 suspects. The Masaka Resident District Commissioner, Herman Ssentongo, who heads the…

  Cabinet has approved a proposal to borrow 99.8million USD, approximately 38.4 billion shillings from the International Development Association- (IDA) of the World Bank. According to a statement signed by…

The Uganda shilling has come under pressure against the dollar as people go into panic buying of dollars due to coronavirus. On Tuesday, March 24, the Bank of Uganda quoted…

The Health Ministry is in the process of recruiting 200 health professionals for a six months period to respond to the emergency as the country battles the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.…

  A section of Members of Parliament says a total lockdown will cause Ugandans more trouble than good in the wake of the coronavirus. The Ministry of Health last night…

  Three suspected cases of Coronavirus disease COVID-19 have isolated in Maracha Disease. The case includes; two people who recently returned from Kenya, and have recently returned to Kijomoro Sub…

  Caretakers of patients at Jinja regional referral hospital have faulted the hospital management over laxity while handling suspected COVID-19 patients. This is after two suspected patients were seen under…

  Several students of Kyambogo University are still locked up in hostels waiting for their parents and guardians to send them transport to return to their homes.  On March 20th,…

  Dokolo Technical School has been designated to host an isolation center for suspected coronavirus patients. The decision was reached in the Dokola District Corona Virus Task Force meeting following…

  Police in Hoima have shot dead two armed thugs. The unidentified thugs were shot dead on Monday night in Lusaka Kahoora Division Hoima Municipality. Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region…

  Amuru district has run out of isolation space after four of the allocated beds were occupied on Monday morning. The beds at Amuru Health Centre IV are being occupied…

  The impacts of the new coronavirus disease-COVID-19 could be considerably higher on the urban poor living in slums, where overcrowding makes it difficult to follow recommended measures such as…

  FIFA, the international governing body of football, and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness campaign led by…

  Medical interns at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital have laid down their tools over what they described as negligence of management for their lives. The interns are demanding protective gear…

  Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is considering the temporary suspension of the collection of fees from its markets and Parks, the City Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has revealed. He was…

  The East African Community Secretariat has announced that they will be deploying mobile laboratories to all the countries where cases of Covid-19 have been reported. According to a statement,…

  Dozens of trucks loaded with agricultural products like sugar cane, tomatoes, fish and vegetables are stuck at Busia customs border due to restrictions by Kenyan authorities not to allow…