Health

The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Aceng has flagged off teams to conduct the second Rapid Assessment Survey to determine the extent of community transmission of COVID-19 and possible risk groups. The main goal of this survey is to determine the status of COVID-19 epidemic in targeted districts of Uganda that seem to have the highest risk. The objectives of ...

People who walk at a slow pace are at a higher risk of getting infected with severe coronavirus regardless of whether they are fat or not, a new study tells. Additionally, higher body mass index, which points to obesity, also increases the risk of having more severe cases of the respiratory disease. A team of scientists in the United Kingdom has ...

Officials in China have warned of a fatal “unknown pneumonia” with a death rate higher than the coronavirus which is spreading across an Asian country. Areas in Kazakhstan have seen major spikes in cases of the disease since mid-June. The country’s Health Ministry said it recorded more than 32,000 cases of a previously unknown type of pneumonia between 29 June and ...

On 8th July 2020, Ministry of Health in Uganda announced twenty three new covid-19 cases in the country from 3,316 samples tested, bringing a total number of confirmed cases to 1,000. Out of the 23 confirmed cases, twelve are Ugandan citizens who returned from abroad, eight are from Afghanistan, three are from Democratic Republic of Congo and one from South ...

One of the most interesting things scientists have learnt about the Coronavirus is that after a person first comes into contact with it, they can go for up to a week without feeling sick. You will know the importance of wearing a mask by the time you end this article. There is also another group of people called “Asymptomatic”— who ...