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Minister Jane acheng's facebook account must be made to look Verified and official to avoid people who may maliciously use her names to spread fake Covid19 updates

I think the ministry of healthy team should advise minister Jane aceng to verify and single out the facebook account she uses and which people must visit if the have to get official updates! She must make sure that people differentiate what is the official account from fake ones!!! I remember recently someone used a fake twit alleging that the president had ordered for a total lock down and many people were nearly taking the info as true until a group responsible alerted the president of the circulating fake info

.This period of Covid19 fight is being keenly followed by every ugandan and everyone us trying to visit such social media accounts of people like the minister of healthy Jane acheng!!!It will be helpful if she sets up an official account with and marked by the blue tick!!!I know this may look simple but depending on the fake twit that almost got everyone worried of how the president could immidiately order for a lock down.and the circulating fake news of the food distributions, then an official account has to be created!!!

When i try or start investigating something especially on this internet then know that there are some suspicious elements who are planning to spread such fake information! Imagine now that someone was sending fake emails pretending to be her

,Ugandans should be careful of these messages and UCC must compel all girvenment officials to have their social media accounts verified....
......And this is the valid,and true page of minister Jane aceng....anyone who was asking of the real page where to get real information on covid19 should always visit it....

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Nakasongola develops a prototype of the first African firefighting machine

Today, I observed the successful launching of a prototype of an African firefighting vehicle at Nakasongola.
This vehicle is a convergence of two ideas that have been part of my life.
The first idea, is the traditional way of putting out bushfire ( okuteera omuriro ogw'ekishugyi).
In suppressing bushfire, using appropriate tree branches (not too small not too heavy), you tackle the bushfire from the rear (okugureetwa aha mugongo).
The bushfire is always driven by the wind. If the wind is blowing from the East to the West, the fire will burn from the East to the West ( I.e the same direction as the wind).
It is very dangerous to try and tackle the fire from the direction it is burning towards (in this case from West to East).
The fire and the smoke can easily catch up with you and kill you (either by suffocation and blinding from the smoke or actually burning).
This is not to forget the snakes and other animals that will be running away from the fire in the direction it is heading which can be a danger to you, especially the snakes.
Whenever I watch people in Western countries fighting fire on the TV, I do not see any systematic pattern of abating this issue - the angle from which you attack the fire.
Hence, the first idea of this vehicle is the African idea of fighting the fire from the rear.
The second idea of this vehicle is from my military background of using tracked vehicles (those that move on chains rather than wheels - ebijegyere versus emipiira) which have good cross country mobility capacity (they can move through the bush, they don't have to follow the roads), therefore, after consulting our engineers, we decided to convert a tracked military vehicle into a fire fighting vehicle by removing the guns and the turret and replacing them with a water tank with hoses for spraying water.
In our opinion, such a tracked vehicle (moving on chains) is better than aircraft or vehicles which are moving on wheels and are, therefore, road-bound.
The advantage for the tracked vehicles is that, if they are backed by other tracked water carriers, they can sustainably fight the fire without stopping unlike the aircraft which must always go back to recharge.

Kampala and wakiso!!! Have you got your food?? Thanks to the gorvenment

The prime minister of the republic of Uganda flags off vehicles with food stuffs to help vulnerable communities and families in wakiso and Kampala!!! 

May God guide Ugandan in the fight against Covid19

Covid19 in belief as of today

Covid19 as it stands today...

09:45
Iran's Death Toll From Coronavirus Reaches 3,452
Iran's Death Toll From Coronavirus Reaches 3,452
08:20
Russia Confirms 582 New Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours Bringing Total to 4,731
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Russia has reached 4,731, including 43 fatalities, Russia's COVID-19 response center said on Saturday.
"Over the past 24 hours, 582 new coronavirus infection cases have been confirmed in 32 Russian regions," the response center said, clarifying that the total is now 4,731 cases in 78 regions of Russia.
Out of total 582 new cases, 434 have been confirmed in the Russian capital of Moscow and another 49 in the Moscow Region, according to the statement.
"Over the past 24 hours, nine COVID-19 patients have died, including seven in Moscow, one in the [western] Kostroma Region, and one in the [far eastern] Primorsky Territory," the response center said.
There are 67 people older than 65 years and 14 children among those who contracted the disease in Moscow.
08:13
75 New Coronavirus Cases in Lithuania; Number of People Infected Rises to 771
08:01
Number of Coronavirus Cases in India Close to 3,000
07:47
Russian Authorities Say 434 People Contracted Covid-19 in Moscow Over Past Day
The Russian capital recorded 434 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the Moscow Mayor's Office said in a statement on Saturday.
"As of 4 April, 2020, 3,357 infection cases have been confirmed in Moscow," the statement read.
The previous update on Friday stated that a total of 2,923 cases, including 24 fatalities and 168 recoveries, have been recorded in Moscow so far.
07:29
UK Working to See How Intensive Testing Could Replace Some Lockdown Measures - Top Epidemiologist
UK Working to See How Intensive Testing Could Replace Some Lockdown Measures - Top Epidemiologist
07:23 GMT 04.04.2020
Earlier, Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Graham Medley said as quoted by The Times that there might be a need to reconsider the controversial herd immunity strategy, which implies allowing people to catch the coronavirus to build up a resistance.

07:28
About 600 Infected With Coronavirus in France's Armed Forces - French Defence Minister
"About 600 of our military have become infected with COVID-19. This is on a scale, because it is changing. We are closely monitoring the situation and adjusting combat formations accordingly. I want to clarify that our combat readiness has not been affected," the minister said.
07:27
Total Number of COVID-19 Cases in Israel Exceeds 7,500 – Health Ministry
07:15
Number of COVID-19 Cases in Ukraine Increases to 1,096, With 28 Dead - Health Ministry
07:13
Thailand Issues 3-Day Moratorium on Passenger Flights
07:04
China Commemorates Coronavirus Victims
07:01
Moldovan Ministry of Health Reports Ninth Death From Coronavirus
06:58
Russia’s S7 Airlines Suspends Evacuation Flights From Thailand, Vietnam, Japan Starting 4 April
"The [Russian COVID-19] response center has decided to temporarily limit all international air traffic. In this regard, effective April 4, S7 Airlines has to temporarily suspend flights for bringing travelers back from Thailand, Vietnam and Japan," the company said in a press release.
06:41
UK's COVID-19 Lockdown Has 'Painted it Into a Corner', Herd Immunity Still an Option - PM's Adviser
UK's COVID-19 Lockdown Has 'Painted it Into a Corner', Herd Immunity Still an Option - PM's Adviser
06:32 GMT 04.04.2020
In the earlier stages of the COVID-19 epidemic in the UK, suggestions had been made that one way of dealing with the virus was by allowing 80 per cent of the population to catch it, in order to build up “herd immunity”. However, the plan was swiftly dismissed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock as exposing the most vulnerable to a high risk of death.
06:27
Serbian Basketball Federation Donates €30,000 to Fight Coronavirus
05:06
Thailand Registers 89 New Infections, One Death From Coronavirus in 24 Hours
05:06
First Patient Dies of COVID-19 in Suriname – Reports
The first death of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been registered in Suriname, media reported.
The deceased person was the seventh patient with diagnosed COVID-19 in Suriname, the DWT Online media outlet reported on late Friday, citing the authorities.
Suriname has confirmed 10 cases of the coronavirus so far. The first one was registered in mid-March, after which the government decided to close the national airspace.

Covid19 cases in Iran rise to 3452

Globally, the total number of COVID-19 cases stands at 972,303, while the death toll is 50,322, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The death toll from the novel coronavirus infection in Iran has reached 3,452, according to the country's health ministry.
158 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours, Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpur said.
The total number of confirmed cases in the country stands at 55,743, with 4,103 patients in critical condition, the minister added.
Iran has been the Middle Eastern country worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The country's response to the virus has been
complicated by US economic sanctions .

UK to take a second thought on covid19 carfew

Earlier today, Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Graham Medley said as quoted by The Times that there might be a need to reconsider the controversial herd immunity strategy, which implies allowing people to catch the coronavirus to build up a resistance.
Neil Ferguson, a British epidemiologist and professor of mathematical biology, stated on Saturday that the UK could move to slightly reduced lockdown measures as work was underway to see how intensive testing and contract tracing could replace these measures.
"I'm hopeful that in a few weeks' time we will be able to move to a regime which - will not be a normal life, let me emphasize that - but will be somewhat more relaxed in terms of social-distancing and the economy but rely more on testing," Neil Ferguson said.
The day before, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock unveiled the government’s newest approach to handling the coronavirus, which is focused primarily on scaling up mass testing.
The health secretary also announced that £13 billion ($16.1bn) of debt owed by NHS hospital trusts would be written off, and an extra £300 million ($371m) will be given to community pharmacies.
According to the data provided by the World Health Organisation, as of Friday, the number of coronavirus cases in the UK was at 33,722, with the death toll at 2,921. At the same time, the organisation says that 976,249 people were infected worldwide and 50,489 died as of Fri

Up to 600 French service men test positive of covid19

As the number of COVID-19 cases confirmed globally has surpassed 1 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) is stressing the need for countries to shut their economies down to curb the spreading of the coronavirus, be patient, and give time for lockdowns to work.
The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has risen above 250,000, Johns Hopkins University’s real-time tracker revealed on Friday.
Russia is suspending, starting 4 April, international flights for evacuating citizens from abroad, in order to contain the coronavirus through preventing a new wave of imported cases.
According to Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov, more than 2,000 Russian citizens cannot return from the United States due to travel restrictions that were introduced to fight the spread of COVID-19.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on 11 March. According to data updated by WHO on 3 April, the total number of those infected stands at 972,303, while the death toll is 50,322. Johns Hopkins University argues that about 1.1 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 59,000 fatalities so far.

Let us all listen to the our beloved president

Everyone must be home by 7pm irrespective of who you are!!!

This carfew is supposed to be observed by every Ugandan as a MUST and even the president.So am really shocked to some of you who think you cannot obey it!!! Whether you are a minister or whatever you think you are,you must obey it!! However there may be and are some exceptions like Nurses,doctors, and others with emergency cases.Fir the case of these I have described like Nurses and doctors, if you are going for a night duty then you are allowed but do not use that exception to go where you are not needed to be!!!Only personnels involved in making sure that people adhere to the carfew are the only ones allowed beyond 7pm.So, everyone irrespective of who you are must be at his home by 7pm!! And try to respect those involved in seeing that the carfew is respected!!!!