Botswana’s 57 MPs will be put in mandatory quarantine for 14 days after a parliamentary nurse tested positive for Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by
Category: Corona Virus
Government probes how Boda rider got infected
The Ministry of Health is investigating how a boda boda rider from Wakiso District was among the 11 positive cases of Covid-19 declared last week.
Quarantined woman dies in her room
A suspected coronavirus patient in Koboko has died in her isolation room. The suspect was picked up on Saturday by Koboko District surveillance medical team
LDUs ‘illegally’ deploy themselves to implement a curfew,
Despite being under the army, LDUs are meant to augment police and operations they are involved in are led by Police officers. However, according to
OPM Permanent Secretary Guwatudde arrested for inflating prices for relief food
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit, headed by Lt Col Edith Nakalema has arrested four top officials from the Office of the Prime Minister including the Permanent
Kenyans stranded in the capital after the travel ban
Hundreds of Kenyans have been stranded in the capital Nairobi, after the police mounted road blocks on all roads in and out of the city
Kenyans ‘hike across borders’ to beat travel ban
Kenya’s government is enforcing new containment measures in the capital, Nairobi, which include a travel ban in and out of the city in order to
Uganda domestic violence cases rise amid lockdown
Ugandan police have said there is a rise in domestic violence cases since the country began a two-week lockdown. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said four
Rwanda’s 26th genocide anniversary muted by virus
Rwanda is marking the 26th anniversary of the 1994 genocide under a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. In a televised address
Malawi announces first coronavirus death
Malawi’s Ministry of Health has announced the country’s first coronavirus death. The patient was a 51-year-old Malawian woman of Indian origin who had recently returned