Health

Ministry of Health has confirmed 4 new truck drivers whose samples tested positive for covid-19 yesterday (12/04/2020), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Uganda to 126. Among the four cases, two are Ugandans, one Tanzanian and one Kenyan citizens. The Ugandans and Kenyan entered the country via Elegu entry border point whereas the Tanzanian got tested at Mutukula ...

Nurses have demanded that government pays them risk allowance during covid lock down. Cherop Kiplangat Uganda nurses and midwives Union president argued that working in hospitals during covid season has put them at most risk to diseases yet they are not insured. “As we celebrate international nurses and midwives day we appeal to government to take safety of nurses as ...

The president of Madagascar His Excellency Andry Rajoelina on Monday avoided criticism for marketing a homegrown cure for coronavirus (covid – organics ), adding that Europeans have a scornful attitude towards African traditional medicine. During an interview with Radio France International and France 24, president Rajoelina said that if it was a European country that had literary discovered this cure, ...

Officials of Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) in Jinja District have given government only 3 days ultimatum to supply them with protective equipments, if not they will stop working. The head of State in his last nation address said it clearly that it will be mandatory for everybody to put on face masks especially those leaving their homes heading ...

South African president His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa has cautioned that all people must be prepared to live with covid-19 among us for a period of a year or even longer, adding that they should expect an increasing number of coronavirus cases as more people resume work. In his weekly report on Monday, president Ramaphosa said that lifting of the pandemic ...