COVID-19
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1.5KDeadly Covid-19 Variants confirmed in Uganda
Deadly South African Covid-19 strain B1 351 and Nigerian variant B.1.525 have been confirmed in Uganda along with new registered cases, Government...
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1.4KPresident Museveni, First Lady Take Covid-19 Jabs
Museveni now joins several others senior leaders and frontline workers to take vaccine which arrived in the country earlier this month.
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1.1KCOVID-19: Uganda records 17 new coronavirus cases
The new cases were of tests done on March 24, 2021. The 17 cases include 16 contacts and alerts, and one truck...
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687President Museveni to receive Covid-19 vaccine jab on Saturday
President Yoweri Museveni will take his Covid-19 vaccination jab tomorrow,” Ainebyoona tweeted on Friday.
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1.1KPresident Kenyatta Imposes New Lockdown Measures as Covid-19 Cases Surge
NAIROBI, KENYA | NEW LOCKDOWN – Kenya President, Uhuru Kenyatta has announced new lockdown measures in five counties to curb the spread...
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940South Africa sells its AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Other AU Nations
In a recent development, South Africa has sold a million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for distribution in 14 fellow African...
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866UMC Victoria Hospital To Offer Free #Covid-19 Vaccination
UMC Victoria Hospital in conjunction with the Ministry of Health will now offer free COVID-19 vaccination to Ugandans in yet another boost...
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660NTUNGAMO: Health Workers Shun COVID-19 Vaccination Launch
NTUNGAMO DISTRICT: District health workers in Ntungamo district refused to show up at the COVID-19 vaccination exercise launched on Wednesday amidst continued...
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1.1K‘We will accept AstraZeneca Vaccine after President is vaccinated’ – Mbale Officials
The vaccination of health workers has started in the Mbale region. PHOTO URN
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AstraZeneca says no evidence that vaccine causes blood clots
By VOA News: Global News Agency | Correspondent AstraZeneca said Sunday a review of its data found no evidence that its vaccine...
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Netherlands Suspend use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine
AstraZeneca said on Sunday a review of safety data of people vaccinated with its COVID-19 vaccine has shown no evidence of an...
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Sembabule District Receives 3,520 Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine
According to the district vaccination coordinator, Ms. Justine Nanyonjo, they have identified 10 sites in the district where vaccination will be conducted.
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887Somalia’s Former President, Ali Mahdi Muhammad dies of Covid-19
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Information Isamel Mukhtaar confirmed the death in a tweet stating that Former President Ali Mahdi passed...
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1.2KCovid-19 Vaccination Launched in Uganda at Mulago Hospital
The vaccination exercise was launched by Minister Jane Ruth Aceng at Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital where she be came the...
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1.2KTanzania’s Magufuli ‘Admitted to Nairobi Hospital’ in Critical Condition
Tanzanian President, John Pombe Magufuli, is reportedly admitted at Nairobi Hospital in neighbouring Kenya, with flu-like symptoms.
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1.1KCovid-19 Vaccination Kicks-off Today With Frontline Medics
MINISTRY OF HEALTH, KAMPALA: The muchly anticipated Covid-19 vaccination will kick-off today with frontline health workers at Mulago National and Entebbe Regional...
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829COVID-19 Vaccine: Beneficiaries to First Sign Consent Forms
Uganda has so far received 964,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. This will be administered on a select list of eligible persons.
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869Peter Matlare, ABSA Group Deputy CEO Dies of Covid-19
Peter Matlare, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Absa Group has succumbed to Covid-19 complications, Absa Bank Uganda confirmed on Sunday.
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958Covid-19 Vaccine is Safe, Health Ministry Assures Ugandans
UGANDA COVID-19 VACCINE: The Ministry of Health has come out to assure Ugandans that the received Astra-Zeneca vaccine is safe for use...
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874Uganda Receives 864,000 Covid-19 Vaccine Doses
The Astra-Zeneca Covid-19 Vaccine will be launched on Monday, 8 March and vaccination will kick off on Wednesday, 10 March.
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832Police Seize Thousands of Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Imported from China
Police have seized hundreds of fake COVID-19 vaccines and arrested four suspects in connection with the haul, the Interpol global police co-ordination...
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1.0KUganda to Receive First Covid-19 Vaccines on March 5 – Health Ministry
LATEST UPDATE: Uganda’s first batch of Covid-19 Vaccines will arrive in the country this week, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. Minister...
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5427 inmates test positive for Covid-19 at Busesa prison
BUGWERI, UGANDA: Panic has engulfed the prisons force in Bugweri District eastern Uganda as seven inmates at Busesa Prison tested positive for...
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770Min. Kasaija summoned over missing UGX 2 Trillion Covid-19 relief funds
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Parliament of Uganda has today summoned the Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija to give an...