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Kamuli Municipality Member of Parliament Rehema Watongola is reportedly dead. Ministry of health reports indicate that Watongola succumbed to Covid-19 at Mulago hospital on Saturday morning. They admitted her at Mulago hospital after she tested positive. Watongola is therefore the second Ugandan MP to succumb to the coronavirus after Pallisa district Woman MP Faith Alupo. Alupo passed on in September. ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has tested positive for the coronavirus while on international duty with Egypt. The Egyptian Football Association said on Friday that Salah returned a positive test but he was showing no signs or symptoms. The association later said the star underwent a second test, which confirmed that he has Covid-19. “Salah is keeping a high spirit and ...

Coronavirus related deaths in the United States have soared to near 200,000. The nation’s new cases also rose in line with the one week average. The US expects one more cycle of the virus in fall and in winter before they can totally have it under control. Wisconsin surpassed the 100,000 mark in coronavirus cases showing an increase in infections ...

Parents have passed away after their son refused to go for self-isolation though he tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Health Cabinet Secretary Kagwe Mutahi on Saturday. Mutahi revealed how the man who had covid-19 believed the virus was a misconception and decided to travel at their rural home to visit his parents. ‘I received bad news that a ...

The Ugandan government yesterday resumed countrywide registration and distribution of passports and work permits after almost four months of ban due to coronavirus outbreak. Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Mr Kania Obiga told reporters at Uganda Media Centre that following the partial easing of the Covid-19 induced lockdown, the ministry will resume the services but not at full capacity. ...