On May 28, 2021, Irene Nakasiita, the head of communications and Public Relations at the Uganda RedCross Society tested positive for COVID-19. She was admitted to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital on the same day since she had difficulty breathing. Nakasiita describes her stay at the hospital as horrible with doctors relegating their duties to nurses who…
Medical workers at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital are in panic after ten other medics contracted COVID-19 while on duty. The ten medics have been on treatment for three weeks now, putting a toll on the facility which has more than 130 patients, 48 of them in critical condition. Entebbe Hospital Principal Hospital Administrator Muhammad Mubiru…
Kwania district health department has registered a decline in the number of pregnant mothers seeking antenatal care services. The expectant mothers are reportedly shunning health facilities for fear of contracting COVID-19. At least 10 health workers in the district have tested positive for COVID-19. Kwania district has cumulatively registered 73 COVID-19 positive cases…
The Nakaseke Resident District Commissioner, Nayebare Kyamuzigita has banned the airing of death announcements on community radios because they are a cause of mobilisation for communities to attend burials leading to a surge in COVID-19 cases. By Sunday, Nakaseke district had registered 430 COVID-19 cases and nine death since the country announced the second wave.…
The National Planning Authority (NPA) says through its COVID-19 prediction model, Uganda ‘s current wave is likely to peak mid next month. NPA Executive Director Joseph Muvawala indicated that their model has proved to be 97% efficient. “Predictions indicate that there is an increase in the number of new cases with a peak yet to be…
The COVID-19 Task Forces in Acholi region have expressed concern about the unreliable ambulance services which are affecting timely care delivery and treatment outcomes to patients. Some of the ambulances are broken down due to mechanical conditions and require huge budgets to repair and maintain. The Task Forces have also disclosed that their efforts…
Half of the journalists who were covering the Uganda Parliament will be allowed to continue doing so due to COVID-19. About 30 journalists down from 60 were parliamentary reporters. As a measure of observing the Parliament standard operating procedures -SOPs to guard against COVID-19, Parliament had last month reduced the total number of journalists covering…
The National Medical Stores (NMS), the national drug distributor has so far delivered 93,360 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines to 94 districts across the country since the arrival of 175,200 doses of AstraZenca received last week as a donation from the French government. Sheila Nduhukire, the NMS Spokesperson says the agency dispatched 117,520 vaccine doses to…
Amuru district health department has resorted to the door to door delivery of the life-prolonging Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to people living with HIV following the suspension of public transport. The door to door campaign will benefit 3,194 people living with HIV in hard to reach areas and cannot easily access health facilities to get the…
After acquiring a new batch of vaccines donated by the French government, nationwide COVID-19 vaccination is scheduled to resume next week on June 28th, according to the Ministry of Health. Uganda received a total of 175,200 vaccines will be used. The vaccines were a donation from France through the COVAX facility. The new doses bring to…