According to Dr Diana Atwine, the new ambulancres will be placed at designated regional dispatch centers and not at health facilities as has been the practice
Read more ...According to a source from the health ministry, some of the guidelines that have already been agreed upon is isolating positives in one room and allocating a care giver who is healthy and young enough not to be affected severely by the disease if they are infected
Read more ..."Our health system is overwhelmed with cases right now and in such circumstances, we should expect more deaths," Dr Monica Musenero an epidemiologist and also a senior presidential advisor told URN
Read more ...Dr. Monica Musenero, an epidemiologist and senior presidential advisor on epidemics, says with the increase in community infections, the country's health system cannot take in all cases.
Read more ...According to Archbishop Kazimba and Mugisha Muntu police needs to carry out timely investigations that will reveal what caused the fire and the motives behind the incident
Read more ...The findings from Uganda show that due to the national lockdown that was instituted to forestall the spread of the disease and other measures such as the closure of weekly markets, the closure of all points of entry accompanied by the ban on public transport led to the loss of income of 71 percent in the respondents interviewed.
Read more ...Alex Kakooza, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education said that although the university has lost the iconic building, the biggest damage is on records that were inside the building. According to him, less than half of the documents that were kept in the building had been digitalized. Most of the documents that are as old as the university had been kept in the central registry and had not yet been digitalized.
Read more ...According to President Museveni, the indiscipline with Kampala has led to abuse of SOPs which when followed are effective in curving the spread of the diaease
Read more ...University resident staff that were among the first people at the scene of the burning building claim that the fear did not start in the public relations office as is being communicated by university administration. The residents says the fire either begun from the finance department or the central registry
Read more ...While addressing journalists today at the site of the fire, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe, the Univeristy vice chancellor said although the fire had been seen a few minutes after it started , it could not be stopped
Read more ...The fire is believed to have started between 12:00 am and 1:00 am starting in the left wing before it spread to other part of the university. The most affected offices that were housed in the burnt wing include: the Finance Department, Univeristy secretary office, deputy vice chancellor administration and finance, central registry where , audit offices, pension offices,salary offices and human resource.
Read more ...According to a tweet posted on the University's Twitter handle @MakerereU,the fire was sprouting from the right side of building where part of the roof sunk
Read more ...According to the health ministry, 80 percent of the reported cases can be traced back to wide spread community infection that became pronounced in July to date. Children aged 0-12 years old account for 95 of the reported cases while the rest are children aged 13-18
Read more ...This brings the cumulative number of reported cases in the country to 6,017. According to results released by the health ministry today, Moroto, Kampala and Butaleja accounted for the highest number of cases with 166, 85 and 59 respectively. Two new deaths were also reported bringing the number of reported deaths to 63
Read more ...While government might not be decided on the re-opening of schools, learners that URN spoke to say they are tired of being home and want to school. They say learning from home is impossible. They miss their friends and teachers
Read more ...The claim comes days after Dr David Katuntu succumbed to diabetes at Entebbe hospital after two private hospitals refused to give him any kind of care. According to a family member that URN has spoken to, health workers and security at both Kampala International Hospital-IHK and Novik hospital refused to admit Katuntu because he had shortness of breath, one of the symptoms associated with COVID-19
Read more ...The poor adherence to SOPs by people is worrying salon and public transport operators. Many of them now want government to enforce SOPs like wearing masks in salons
Read more ...At least 192 doctors have already been hit by the virus represent 4 per cent of the 5000 Ugandans who have so far tested positive, which is an excessively disproportionate infection rate in the country where one doctor serves over ten thousand people.
Read more ...According to the UN agencies, prolonged closure of schools stops learning from taking place, which will leave children vulnerable. They say the government should prioritise the re-opening of schools as lockdowns are lifted, and develop frameworks to ensure safe environments.
Read more ...During the lockdown, the health ministry says a 14 percent drop in accessibility of services normally accessed through out patient departments was noted. The number of children accessing immunization services and women going for their first antenatal visit reduced by 20 and 16 percent respectively, with Kwania, Nakasongola, Luwero, Kyankwanzi and Kampala reporting the highest disruptions of health services
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