COVID-19 Archives

Prime Minister assures country of full reopening in January amidst high spread of Omicron variant

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today KAKUMIRO, UGANDA: Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda has assured...

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UCC asks broadcasters for airtime to mobilize for Covid-19 vaccination

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Communications Commission-UCC has asked radio and television stations to avail airtime to...

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Kenya Bars Unvaccinated From Public Places Despite Court Order

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya’s Ministry of Health has announced it will enforce a rule requiring people to...

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Nigeria Destroys One Million Nearly Expired COVID Vaccine Doses

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today LAGOS, NIGERIA: Nigeria destroyed more than one million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after...

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Fort Portal city authorities force passengers to vaccinate at checkpoints

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today FORT PORTAl, UGANDA: Kabarole district and Fort Portal city authorities have resolved to establish COVID-19 vaccination...

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Uganda Receives Shs640b from World Bank for Covid-19 response

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today The World Bank last week announced that it will give an additional $180.3 million (Shs640b) to...

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WHO chief says 2022 must be year ‘we end the pandemic’

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today The world must pull together and make the difficult choices needed to end the Covid-19 pandemic...

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UK removes all African countries from the red list

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today LONDON, UK: The United Kingdom has removed all 11 African countries from its red list. The...

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Omicron spreading at unprecedented rate – WHO

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the new coronavirus variant Omicron was spreading at an...

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High Court suspends govt mandatory COVID-19 vaccination order

High court judge Antony Mrima put a hold on a government directive that would have denied services to unvaccinated persons beginning next...

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One dead from Omicron as UK boosts response

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today Britain on Monday confirmed what is thought to be the first confirmed death after infection with...

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Kikuube District launches Covid-19 Mass vaccination campaign

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today KIKUUBE, UGANDA: Kikuube District has launched a Covid 19 Mass vaccination campaign after receiving enough vaccination...

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Experts warn Africans to brace for more COVID-19 variants

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Experts have warned that Africa will continue seeing a cycle of new COVID-19...

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COVID-19 vaccine-induced Immunity beyond the Variants

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today COVID – 19 is a public-health threat produced by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2...

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Hoima District launches Covid 19 mass vaccination

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today HOIMA, UGANDA: The Hoima District Health sector and other partners have today at Hoima taxi park...

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Omicron variant ‘almost certainly’ not more severe than Delta – Top US Scientist

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today Top US scientist Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that while it would take weeks to judge the...

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Learners in Bunyoro Region turned into fishermen due to continued lockdown

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today BUNYORO REGION, UGANDA: Many learners in Bunyoro Region in the Districts of Hoima, Buliisa, Kikuube, Kagadi...

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Adjumani DHO Refutes Claims of COVID-19 Vaccine Stock-outs

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today ADJUMANI, UGANDA: The Adjumani district health officer [DHO] Dr.Drametu Dominic has refuted claims that the district...

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Uganda confirms 9 cases of new Omicron Covid variant

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda become the latest African nation to confirm the existence of the new Omicron...

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High Rate of Covid-19 Vaccination turn up in Kagadi worries public

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today KAGADI, UGANDA: The overwhelming number of people turning up for Covid-19 vaccination in Mpefu Sub county,...

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Zimbabwe confirms presence of omicron variant in country

DailyExpress is on TikTok Follow Today HARARE, ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwean Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Constantino Chiwenga on Thursday...