Health

The ministry of health has released a list showing 14 laboratories that are accredited to conduct Covid-19 tests.

Tororo District Resident Commissioner (RDC) Were Yahaya has called upon the general public to work together with the respective district Covid-19 taskforces and government officials in the fight against Covid-19.

Press release -- UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency and Jumia Uganda, the country’s largest e-commerce platform announced a new partnership that aims to increase access to reproductive health commodities and information through Jumia’s platform.

Ugandans have been advised not to drop their guard against Covid-19, considering its spreading rate is increasing making access to medication more difficult.

The Member of Parliament for Kamuli Municipality Rehema Watongola has succumbed to Covid-19 infection at Mulago National Referral hospital where she had been admitted.

The ministry of health has directed executives at national referral hospitals, regional referral hospitals and supervisors in districts to rein in health workers who have made it a habit to absent themselves from work.

Government has reportedly allocated Shs5.76billion to procure face masks for final students who are set to resume studies this month.

According to President Yoweri Museveni’s latest address, candidate class students will resume their classes on 15th October.

During the Monday cabinet meeti

The Ministry of health is preparing to announce a series of measures that the country will follow in order to keep safe from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Government has limited capacity in terms of finances to conduct countywide mass testing of COVID-19, the Minister of State for Planning, David Bahati has said.