Musafiri Suwed, the Dokolo District Information Officer, says that Bwonyo developed breathing complications in the wee hours of Sunday morning and was rushed to Lira Regional Referral Hospital from where he died hours later.
Dr. Lawrence Kazibwe, who doubles as the Deputy Director of Kawempe hospital, says that investigations are still ongoing to rule out the possibility of the babies contracting COVID-19 infection at birth.
Dr. James Okwir, the Nwoya District Veterinary Officer, says they launched the vaccination exercise on Thursday in Got-Ngur village in Purongo Sub-County. At least 500 cattle have been vaccinated by the second day of exercise, which moved to Lawora and Tangi villages, still in Purongo.
Peter Kibondo Rwakifari, the Rubanda Resident District Commissioner and District Health Officer, Abdon Birungi, says that whenever they have a COVID-19 patient pending transfer from Rubanda to Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, they first have to ring the hospital director to request an ambulance.
Nabilatuk LC V Chairperson, Paul Lokol, says that deploying thousands of soldiers in Karamoja will affect the ongoing peaceful disarmament and urged the army to allow the local leaders to work with the available troops. He also said that the presence of many soldiers may escalate HIV infection in the region.
