Tag Archives: COVID-19

Yesterday 23rd June 2021 saw former Vice president Edward Ssekandi hand over the office to the new vice president Hon Jessica Alupo. And soon as the former minister of education and sports assumed office, she promised to lead Uganda to a middle income status. Middle income status was also promised by President Museveni that it would be achieved in the ...

The proportion of the Delta variant coronavirus cases in the US doubled in the last two weeks according to Dr. Anthony Fauci. He said at a press conference that the new variant is currently the greatest threat to the US efforts to eliminate Covid-19. According to research, 20.6% of the Covid-19 cases in the US are now due to the ...

The Prime Minister Rt Hon Robinah Nabbanja has come out to give communication on how far the covid 19 stimulus package has reached. The government early this week announced how it intends to advance financial assistance to groups of people termed as vulnerable. Nabbanja went ahead to say that the urban vulnerable groups would be considered first. This is because ...

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has clarified that all oxygen cylinders have no taxes levied on them. This has come at a time where oxygen has become a very huge necessity in treating covid. “Medical oxygen is essential in the treatment of COVID-19 and oxygen gas cylinders/bottles or tanks are a known method used for the conveyance of oxygen to ...

Musician Douglas Mayanja AKA Weasel has become one of the first Ugandans to taste the wrath of security forces while implementing the covid 19 guidelines. The President on the 18th of June instituted tough guidelines for citizens to follow. The aim of this is reducing the upsurge of covid-19 cases. Some of these measures include among others banning of movement ...