COVID-19: MPs Call for Provision of Protective Gears to Medical Workers
A special Parliamentary sub committee set up to oversee the activities of the government task force on COVID-19 has called for provision of protective gears to all.
Coronavirus in Uganda
COVID-19: Majority Dubai Returnees Test Negative
Uganda has registered four new cases of Coronavirus bringing the total to 18.
In his latest statement, President Yoweri Museveni announced that despite the increase in number of cases, majority of the Dubai returnees and others from high risk countries have tested negative.
Coronavirus: Museveni Suspends Public Means of Transport for Two Weeks
Following the Ministry of Health confirmation of five new Covid-19 cases, President Museveni has suspended buses, taxis, and boda bodas among other public means of transport.
Five More Covid-19 Cases Confirmed in Uganda
The Ministry of Health has confirmed five new Covid-19 cases including an 8-month-old baby whose father traveled from Kenya recently. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 14.
CORONAVIRUS: 3 MPs who Recently Returned from Dubai Banned from Parliament
Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has banned 3 MPs who recently returned from Dubai and refused to go on mandatory self quarantine over the deadly Coronavirus.
Parliament to Process New National Budget Electronically
Parliament will have to process the new National Budget for Financial Year 2020/2021 electronically, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has announced.
This is in awake of the Coronavirus pandemic which has seen the cases rise to 9 in Uganda.
Uganda Registers 8 New Cases of Coronavirus
Uganda has registered 8 more new cases of the deadly Coronavirus, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
According to Health Minister, Jane Ruth Aceng, 35 samples were on Monday tested and 8 were confirmed positive of Coronavirus bringing the total number to 9.
Uganda Airlines Suspends all Flights over Coronavirus
Uganda Airlines has suspended all scheduled flight operations effective Monday 23, March 2020 in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The country's carrier made the announcement on Sunday a day after the Ministry of Health confirmed one case of COVID-19.
Kadaga Warns MPs against Travel Abroad as Kenya Confirms First Case of Coronavirus
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has advised legislators to avoid traveling abroad as a measure of curbing the spread of the coronavirus in Uganda.
Coronavirus: MP Akol Ordered out of Parliament Chambers
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga on Thursday asked Kilak North MP Anthony Akol (Kilak North) to exit the parliament chambers after it emerged that he had just returned from South Korea and did not go through the mandatory 14day self-quarantine.
