Today in pictures - January 28, 2020
Everyday we bring major events happening around summarised in pictures
Museveni graces annual judges' conference
President Yoweri Museveni has officially opened the 22nd Annual Judges Conference in Kampala under the theme: Discharging the mandate of the Judiciary towards a modern, professional and effective judiciary. The judges have been asked to set targets if the judiciary is to clear the mounting case backlog. Photos by Miriam Namutebi
39th Tarehe Sita anniversary launched
Vice President Edward Sekandi has saluted the UPDF for exporting peace across the region. This is during the launch of the Defence Forces Week at Mbuya Army Headquarters ahead of the 39th Tarehe Sita anniversary. Photos by Alfred Ochwo
China expands quarantine
The Chinese authorities rapidly expanded a mammoth quarantine effort aimed at containing a deadly contagion on January 24 to 13 cities and a staggering 41 million people, as nervous residents were checked for fevers and the death toll climbed to 26. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)
Medical staff members wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus, accompanying a patient (2nd L) as they walk into a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT
Medical staff members wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus arrive with a patient at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan on January 25, 2020. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
A medical staff member wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan on January 25, 2020. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
A medical staff member (L) wearing protective clothing takes the temperature of a man (R) at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan on January 25, 2020. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
A girl (C), wearing a face mask, holds the finger of her mom and a lantern as they travel back home for the Lunar New Year holidays, at Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing on January 24, 2020. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)
Workers from a cleaning service spray disinfectant at the customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) area at Incheon international airport, west of Seoul, on January 21, 2020. - South Korea on January 20 confirmed its first case of the SARS-like virus that is spreading in China, as concerns mount about a wider outbreak. (Photo by STR / YONHAP / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE
People with face masks arrive at a BTS Sky train station in Bangkok on January 27, 2020. - Thailand has detected eight Coronavirus cases so far -- three of whom are receiving treatment in hospital and five of whom have been discharged, according to a statement from Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
Residents protest against plans for an empty local housing estate to become a temporary quarantine camp for patients and frontline medical staff of a SARS-like virus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, in the Fanling district in Hong Kong on January 26, 2020. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
ICT minister visits Vision Group
The Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Judith Nabakooba has toured Vision Group head offices in Kampala. She was received by the company CEO Robert Kabushenga. Photos by Ivan Kabuye
