NEWS UPDATES AT 7 O’CLOCK WITH ORANGE. Former Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi is set to hand over office to his successor Dr Ruhakana Rugunda today, at 10:00am. Rugunda was appointed as Prime Minister by the president on 18th September and approved by parliament on Tuesday last week. He took oath of allegiance before the president of the republic of Uganda, ministers and other high profile government officials at State house Entebbe on 2nd October. Ministry of Health has revealed that there is a confirmed case of Marburg in the country. A health worker died of the viral hemorrhagic fever on 28th September. The 30-year-old male Radiographer, who was buried in Munkunyu 1 Village, Munkunyu Sub-county, Kasese district, presented symptoms of Headache, Epistaxis, abdominal pain, vomiting blood and diarrhea. Now reports show that his brother, one of the contacts so far listed has developed signs. He has been quarantined and isolated for further monitoring. Also 80 contacts have been listed from Mengo, Mpigi and Kasese for follow up. Marburg Viral Haemorraghic fever is a fatal illness caused by the Marburg virus which belongs to the filoviridae family together with the Ebola virus. Gulu district health department is conducting mass treatment for river blindness in commodities along River Aswa and Uyama stream. The two arrears are vulnerable to the disease. Arthritis sufferers could keep the condition at bay by walking three miles a day. Those who kept active despite having bad knees were much more likely to be mobile two years later, a study by researchers from Boston University have found. Some 3,000 steps a day helped, but 6,000 steps a day, or roughly three miles, was ideal. Somali government troops backed by African Union (AU) forces have taken Barawe, the last coastal stronghold of the al-Shabab Islamist group. But the AU has revealed that the joint forces were not yet in full control of the town, and the AU had parked its heavy armour on its outskirts. RADIOCITY NEWS: BRINGING THE WORLD CLOSER TO YOU!
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 04:44:21 +0000
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