The Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) has warned against the early closure of schools. This comes after health minister Dr. Jane Aceng suggested that schools should close early as one of the measures to curb the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease. While appearing on NTV on Sunday, Aceng argued […]
The Uganda Medical Association President, Dr. Samuel Oledo has recommended that stringent measures including a lockdown be considered for Kampala. This comes when Ebola cases in greater Kampala have risen to 15 in the last 48 hours. Currently, Uganda has 90 cumulative cases with 28 active cases on admission and […]
The European Union has mobilised more than Shs11bn in further emergency funding to support Uganda’s response to the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak. The outbreak declared in September has since claimed 28 lives with the cumulative confirmed cased now standing at over 70, 14 of them reported in Kampala alone over […]
Ebola cases in Kampala have risen to 14 in the last 48 hours. According to the health minister Dr. Ruth Aceng, this is after nine people were confirmed positive for the viral disease. Aceng says the nine cases are contacts of the fatal case who came from Kassanda district and […]
By Dan Wandera & Barbara Nalweyiso Several workers at both the public and private institutions in Mubende district remain stuck at their respective homes over the movement ban under the Ebola lockdown that restricted the use of the boda boda motorcycles among other transport means in Mubende and Kassanda districts. […]
