Mr Innocent Ssekiziyivu, the Mubende Municipality mayor, said transport operators in his area live hand-to-mouth and the lockdown has left many starving
KASSANDA, Uganda (AP) The recent explosion of Ebola virus cases in a Ugandan rural community began when defiant residents exhumed a body at night, undoing the work of a safe burial team in order to give the deceased man a proper Islamic funeral.
The learners, who converged at Kasenyi Secondary School, included former Primary Seven and Senior Four candidates who completed their final examinations last week
Ugandan health officials say they have controlled the spread of a strain of Ebola that has no proven vaccine, But there are pockets of resistance to health measures in rural communities where illiteracy is high and restrictions on movement and business activity have left many bitter