COVID-19
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1.2KGovt launches covid-19 vaccination camp at Kololo as cases spike
The Ministry of Health has announced that it has organised a Covid-19 vaccination camp at Kololo Independence Grounds to increase access to...
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1.2KKey Highlights from Museveni’s address on Covid-19
The President of the Republic of Uganda H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today addressed the nation on COVID-19 situation in Uganda. The address...
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980Museveni to address the nation tomorrow on COVID-19 situation
President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni will tomorrow Saturday, May 29, address the nation about the second wave of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. According...
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900Kyambogo University suspends physical lectures as 8 test positive for COVID-19
The Vice Chancellor said that at least eight students and staff of Kyambogo tested positive
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1.7KKira Road DPC Mathias Turyasingura Succumbs to Covid-19
The District Police Commander (DPC) of Kira Road Police Stattion, Sp. Mathias Turyasingura has succumbed to Covid-19, Police and relatives have confirmed....
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372Together we can fight COVID-19: Victoria University announces free vaccination campaign for all students
Victoria University (VU) Kampala in its effort to continually keep the community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic has kicked off its campaign...
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1.3KShs700 Million Spent On COVID-19 Tests as Museveni Swears in
The Health Ministry has spent over Shs700 million to test guests for Covid-19 as President Museveni takes oath for a sixth elective...
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701Rubirizi: RDC closes school for flouting Covid-19 SOPs
The Rubirizi Resident District Commissioner Harriet Nakamya has closed Maria Sedes Sapientiae Kindergarten School for flouting the Covid-19 standard operating procedures. The...
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1.1KPanic hits Oyam as two schools register 80 Covid-19 cases
OYAM | NORTHERN UGANDA: Panic and tension have hit Oyam District after an escalating coronavirus scare returned 202 new cases of Covid-19...
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1.0KCOVID-19: Entebbe Hospital Runs Out of Vaccine Doses
COVID-19 VACCINATION | UGANDA: The Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has run out of COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Daily Express has understood. According...
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970Uganda Bans Passenger Flights from India over Deadly COVID-19 Variant
Government of Uganda has on Friday announced that all passenger flights between Uganda and India have been suspended as a control measure...
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1.6KUganda Confirms Deadly Indian COVID-19 Variant Strain
The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has confirmed that the deadly Indian COVID-19 variant has been detected in Kampala. According to officials...
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1.5KIndia’s COVID crisis ‘beyond heartbreaking’ with new global record for daily cases
India has set a new global record for a rise in daily coronavirus cases for a fifth straight day, while deaths from...
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974Gov’t moves to make Covid-19 vaccination compulsory
This comes at a time when the country is struggling with vaccine hesitancy, a situation being worsened by increasing cases of adverse...
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Museveni: Uganda will fully reopen after 4m people get Covid-19 jabs
President Museveni said only 200, 000 people have been vaccinated out of an estimated 5.5 million that are to benefit in the...
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809Second wave of COVID-19 begins in Uganda -Scientists
The second wave of COVID-19 has begun in Uganda, according to scientists.
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1.5KHealth Ministry suspends covid-19 vaccination over blood clot concerns
The second phase of the country's rollout plan, which will target essential workers and the over-60s, is scheduled to begin on May...
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1.2KPanic as NRM MP tests positive for Covid-19 in Kyankwanzi Retreat
NRM Secretary Justine Kasule Lumumba (File Photo)
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876Katikkiro Mayiga takes Covid-19 jab, urges Ugandans to get vaccinated
Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga on Monday received his first #Covid-19 vaccine jab and urged eligible people to take the jab. Katikkiro was...
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1.1K20 die, 486 test positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours
The youngest confirmed positive case is a four-month-old infant while the oldest, a 94-year old individual.
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975UPDF medics vaccinate church leaders against COVID-19
A team of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) medical workers led by Lt A.W. Mugonyi in collaboration with the Ministry of Health...
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1.2KCovid-19: African Union suspends AstraZeneca from its vaccine plan
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The African Union’s disease control body said on Thursday it had dropped plans to secure AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for...
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1.5KBrazil’s records 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day
The country’s total death toll is now almost 337,000, second only to the US.
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1.2KArchbishop Kazimba leads clergy in vaccination against #Covid-19
The Church of Uganda Archbishop Rt Rev Dr. Steven Kazimba Mugalu, together with a group of over 100 bishops and clergies have...