Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala (April 2, 2020)  Location:  Uganda Event:  Qatar Airways Flight Availability Qatar Airways (QA) has finalized booking and securing payment from U.S. citizens who submitted their information in a timely manner.  Some individuals or families were also successful in booking and paying for their flight(s) directly on the Qatar Airways website.  The flight is on Friday, April 3 …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala (April 2, 2020)  Location:  Uganda Event:  Qatar Airways Flight Availability  Qatar Airways (QA) has finalized booking and securing payment from U.S. citizens who submitted their information in a timely manner.  Some individuals or families were also successful in booking and paying for their flight(s) directly on the Qatar Airways website.  The flight is on Friday, April 3 at 17:30.     Qatar Airways has now …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala (April 1, 2020)  Location:  Uganda  Event:  Qatar Airways Flight Availability  Individuals who provided their information in advance of our Monday deadline have been passed on to Qatar Airways (QA) and Qatar Airways staff are in the process of finalizing bookings on its Friday, April 3 flight, including securing payments from travelers.  Some individuals or …

Location:  Uganda Event:  Qatar Airways Flight Availability Individuals who provided their information in advance of our Monday deadline have been passed on to Qatar Airways (QA) and Qatar Airways staff are in the process of finalizing bookings on its Friday, April 3 flight, including securing payments from travelers.  Some individuals or families were also successful in booking …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala (March 31, 2020) Location:  Uganda Event:  Qatar Flight Available Online for U.S. Citizens The Qatar Airways flight for Friday April 3, 2020 is now available online for booking by U.S. citizens with a final destination of Washington DC Dulles International Airport (IAD) in the United States.  Please book online immediately if you hope to catch this flight.  …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala (March 30, 2020) Location:  Uganda Event:  U.S. Citizens: Commercial Flight This Week The deadline for informing us of your wish to reserve seats on the commercial flight this week has now passed.  If you submitted your information as well as your consent to share it with the airline, the U.S. …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala (March 27, 2020) Location:  Uganda Event:  U.S. Citizens: How to Book Commercial Flight for Next Week The U.S. Embassy is liaising with the Ugandan government to allow a plane to land at and depart from Entebbe International Airport, sometime within the next week. This will not be a U.S. government …

Security Alert – U. S. Embassy Kampala (March 26, 2020) Location: Central Kampala, Uganda Event: On March 26, 2020 Ugandan authorities used gunfire to enforce the closures of shops selling non-food goods to comply with President Museveni’s prohibition on such sales in attempts to enforce social distancing in light of COVID-19.  Looting of pickup trucks …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala (March 26, 2020) Location:  Uganda Event:  There are 14 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Uganda. Registering Interest in Future Flight The Government of Uganda announced the closure of Entebbe International Airport effective at 12:00 a.m. March 23, as well as the closure of all land borders.  No individuals are …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala (March 25, 2020) Location:  Uganda Event:  There are nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Uganda. Registering Interest in Future Flight The Government of Uganda announced the closure of Entebbe International Airport effective at 12:00 a.m. March 23, as well as the closure of all land borders.  No individual will …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala(March 24, 2020) Location:  Uganda Event:  There are nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Uganda. Update on Qatar Airways Flight and Survey for Interest in Future Flight The Government of Uganda announced the closure of Entebbe International Airport effective at 12:00 a.m. March 23, as well as the closure of …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala (March 24, 2020) Location:  Uganda Event:  There are nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Uganda. Update on Qatar Airways Flight  The Government of Uganda has announced the closure of Entebbe International Airport effective at 12:00 a.m. March 23, as well as the closure of all land borders.  No individual will be …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala (Updated March 23, 2020) Location:  Uganda Event:  The first confirmed case of COVID-19 reported in Uganda. The Government of Uganda has announced the closure of Entebbe International Airport effective at 12:00 a.m. March 23 (midnight the night of March 22), as well as the closure of all land borders.  No …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala (March 21, 2020)    Location:  Uganda    Event:   First confirmed case of COVID-19 reported in Uganda  The Government of Uganda has announced the closure of Entebbe International Airport, to be effective at 12:00am March 23 (midnight the night of March 22), as well as the closure of all land …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala, Uganda (March 20, 2020) Location:  Uganda Event:  The government of Uganda has implemented enhanced screening and quarantine measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19.  Travelers should be prepared for travel restrictions to be put into effect with little or no advance notice.  Visit the website of  Uganda’s Ministry of Health  for additional information …

Location:  Uganda Event: There is an ongoing outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) first identified in Wuhan, China.  The global public health threat posed by COVID-19 is high, with more than 100,000 reported cases worldwide. The Government of Uganda has implemented enhanced screening and quarantine measures in response to the global public health threat posed by COVID-19.  On …

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Kampala, Uganda (March 11, 2020) Location:  Uganda Event: There is an ongoing outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) first identified in Wuhan, China.  The global public health threat posed by COVID-19 is high, with more than 100,000 reported cases worldwide. The Government of Uganda has implemented enhanced screening and quarantine measures in response to …