Kakira Sugar HR manager succumbs to Covid-19
Sunday June 27 2021
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Her death, now amongst Uganda’s known 868 Covid-19 fatalities- occurred from Victoria Hospital in Kampala.
Mass vaccination resumes June 28 as Uganda aims to go beyond the 843, 039 inoculated persons of its 41 million people.
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Ms Munnu, who died on June 26 took over from Mr Moses Thenge in 2020.
She had previously served at Century Bottling Company (Coca Cola) in the same capacity.
Her death, now amongst Uganda’s known 868 Covid-19 fatalities- occurred from Victoria Hospital in Kampala, just a day after the company s former Industrial Relations Manager Mr Fred Wapakhabulo was laid to rest.
For years, the sugar industry has been booming until last year when a trade war with Kenya led to the sugar exports earnings deteriorating from Shs42.3b to 27.3b
Lessons learnt from Covid-19
Thursday April 01 2021
A police officer attached to Mutukula Border Police Station being interviewed at Masaka hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 on May 5, 2020. PHOTO/ISSA ALIGA
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Dr Charles Olaro, the director of Curative Services at the Ministry of Health, says one way of going around this problem could be to invest in technology to make the equipment here rather than reliance on imports.
Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, the WHO country representative, said the country needs to strengthen hospital capacities to handle significant influxes of patients associated with a large scale pandemic.
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When the country ushered in 2020, no one expected the turmoil that came with it as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.