Lockdown

President Yoweri Museveni has warned Ugandans against relaxing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), saying this has resulted in the rise in COVID-19 cases again.

The government has released a new school calendar that will spill over into next year following President Museveni's guidance for education institutions to open in a phased and safe manner.

The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has asked its security to ensure that all uninvited visitors present Covid-19 certificates before accessing the premises.

A-level and vocational results are arriving for hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

But unlike other years, these results have been estimated after exams were cancelled by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Countrymen, Countrywomen and, especially the Bazukulu. Greetings again from the old man with a hat.

Members of Parliament from the border districts have asked the Government to provide an alternative source of livelihood if it plans to keep the 42 districts under lockdown.

The government is still skeptical about the reopening of educational institutions, a decision which, according to President Yoweri Museveni will be taken before September.    

A meeting of top government officials is underway at State House Entebbe to discuss the possible reopening of the remaining sectors of the economy, as the President prepares to speak to the Nation today.

As many as 276 Ugandans, Uganda residents and dependent pass holders flew out of the US Friday destined for Uganda, as the Government resumes the repatriation of Ugandans and legal residents stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown restrictions.