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Deadly Covid-19 Variants confirmed in Uganda

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today Deadly South African Covid-19 strain B1 351 and Nigerian variant B.1.525 have been confirmed...

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President 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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COVID-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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President 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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President Kenyatta Imposes New Lockdown Measures as Covid-19 Cases Surge

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today NAIROBI, KENYA | NEW LOCKDOWN – Kenya President, Uhuru Kenyatta has announced new lockdown...

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South Africa sells its AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Other AU Nations

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today In a recent development, South Africa has sold a million doses of the AstraZeneca...

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UMC Victoria Hospital To Offer Free #Covid-19 Vaccination

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today UMC Victoria Hospital in conjunction with the Ministry of Health will now offer free...

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NTUNGAMO: Health Workers Shun COVID-19 Vaccination Launch

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today NTUNGAMO DISTRICT: District health workers in Ntungamo district refused to show up at the...

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‘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

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today By VOA News: Global News Agency | Correspondent AstraZeneca said Sunday a review of...

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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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Somalia’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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Covid-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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Tanzania’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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Covid-19 Vaccination Kicks-off Today With Frontline Medics

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today MINISTRY OF HEALTH, KAMPALA: The muchly anticipated Covid-19 vaccination will kick-off today with frontline...

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COVID-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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Peter 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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Covid-19 Vaccine is Safe, Health Ministry Assures Ugandans

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today UGANDA COVID-19 VACCINE: The Ministry of Health has come out to assure Ugandans that...

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Uganda 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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Police 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...