Mourners attending open casket funerals to be arrested in Luwero and Nakasongola

By Brian Luwaga   Luwero and Nakasongola Districts COVID-19 taskforces have ordered the arrest of mourners opening coffins containing bodies of COVID-19 victims.   The Uganda government as part of the Standard Operating Procedures to stop COVID-19 in Uganda announced that open caskets funerals are abolished for people who have succumbed to the disease.   …

Bukedea district regiters over a thousand teenage pregnancies since second lock down

The office of the district community development officer in Bukedea district has registered over one thousand teenage girl pregnant since the second lock down was imposed by the government.  The girls were seeking for antenatal care at Kachumbala County in the period since the 42 lock down was announced. Uganda has the highest teenage pregnancy…

Activists decry public health measures against COVID-19 spread

The Ministry of Health has dismissed calls by activists for the resignation of Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine. Ministry of Health Spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyona says it is because of Dr. Atwine’s plausible performance that she was re-appointed by the President, and has described the the activists as attention seekers. The Union of Human Rights Defenders Uganda on Thursday called…

Cerebral palsy unidentified patient forced to sleep on a verander of a public health facility

A  young girl estimated to be aged between 10 and 15 years suffering from cerebral palsy has now spent about a month sleeping outside on the veranda at a public hospital, Mukono General Hospital due to lack of facilities to accommodate her given her health condition. According to the hospital management, she was dropped at…

Health workers in one region in Uganda are still hesitant to vaccinate against COVID-19

1,453 health workers out of the 5,413 in the Acholi Sub Region have shunned taking the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Health workers are a priority category for COVID-19 vaccinations by the World Health Organisation and are on the list in Uganda.   The health workers are operating in various health facilities in the…

During COVID-19 second wave patients present different symptoms and admitted longer

By Pamela Mawanda Patients receiving treatment after being diagnosed with COVID-19 during the second wave are presenting totally different symptoms and treatment takes longer, doctors have observed. Dr Christopher Nsereko, a physician at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, says that common symptoms among the people who have been infected during the second wave include chest pain,…