COVID-19
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733UNICEF Re-enforce Covid-19 Response in Adjumani
During the handover ceremony at the district headquarters today, September, 1, 2021, the Adjumani DHO Dr. Drametu Dominic has said his office...
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1.7KNDA approves Kazire’s Vidicine herbal drug for covid-19 treatment
MBARARA, UGANDA: The National Drug Authority (NDA) has approved the use of Vidicine, a local herbal concoction as a supplementary treatment of...
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504Uganda could record 4,000 Covid-19 cases per day in third wave, Scientists warn
Ugandan scientists have warned that the country is set to experience a more lethal third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic if the...
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764This is going to hurt: Top 10 Covid-19 scams
From the sophisticated to downright strange, the pandemic has set off a wave of scams around the world from bogus doses and...
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948Uganda to spend shs 350bn on 18 million doses of Sinopharm Covid vaccine
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Ministry of Health is set to spend at least shs 351 Billion to purchase 18 million doses of China’s...
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753Uganda receives 299,000 AstraZeneca vaccine dozes from UK
ENTEBBE, UGANDA: Uganda has received a donation of 299,520 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Government of UK under the dose...
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573Gulu city yet to spend Covid-19 supplementary budget
GULU CITY, UGANDA: Gulu city is yet to utilize the 201.2 million shillings Covid-19 supplementary budget. The budget was approved on July...
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831Serum Institute confirms fake vaccine batches supplied in Uganda, India
Serum Institute, the official manufacturer of the Covishield brand of Astrazeneca vaccine has confirmed to the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the...
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1.1KSouth Sudanese Bishop succumbs to Covid-19 at Arua hospital
Rt. Rev. Stanley Nelson Dada, the Bishop of Pentecostal Church under Yei Diocese in South Sudan has succumbed to COVID-19 at Arua...
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800KCCA approves UGX4Bn budget for purchase of ambulances, mobile labs
Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has approved a four billion Shillings budget for the purchase of ambulances to beef up their fleet. The...
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581UHRC concerned about low Covid-19 vaccine uptake
The Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC is concerned about the low rate of Covid-19 vaccination. According to records from the Ministry of Health,...
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807Covid-19 directives: KCCA shuts non compliant arcades
Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has started sealing off all arcades that have failed to comply with the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs meant to...
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1.0KMinistry of Health asks for Shs 1 trillion to purchase covid jabs for children
The Ministry of Health has said it needs an additional Shs1.1 trillion to procure Covid-19 vaccines to inoculate an estimated number of...
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743Covid cases top 200 million worldwide as China vows massive vaccine boost
The number of Covid-19 infections recorded worldwide passed 200 million on Thursday, an AFP count showed, as China pledged to provide two...
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810China pledges two billion vaccine doses to world
BEIJING, CHINA: The People’s Republic of China will “strive to provide” two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and...
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704Budaka Locals exhume bodies of Covid-19 victims
BUDAKA | UGANDA: The Budaka District Covid-19 task force has been thrown into panic after reports emerged that some families have started...
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1.3KUganda Receives 586,080 Covid-19 vaccines from China, Norway
Uganda has received a total of 586,080 Covid-19 vaccine doses in support of the vaccination exercise in as the country grapples with...
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780Museveni Address on Covid: What to expect as 42-day lockdown ends
President Yoweri Museveni will tonight at 8pm address the nation on Covid-19, after the 42 day lockdown ended with many people hopeful...
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4 billion anti-Covid shots injected worldwide
Although more than four billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered around the world, poorer countries are still struggling to secure...
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908Theft of covid-19 test kits in Adjumani sparks fury among leaders
The Adjumani Chief Administrative Officer – CAO Mr. Wanje Michael has instructed the police CID boss in Adjumani to re-instate the theft...
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1.6KBREAKING! Museveni Address on Covid-19 moved to Friday at 8pm
UPDATE: President Museveni’s Covid-19 address has been moved to Friday July 30, 8PM – a day earlier than the initially communicated, according...
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1.1KMuseveni to address Ugandans on Covid-19 this Saturday as lockdown nears end
KAMPALA: President Yoweri Museveni will on Saturday, July 31 at 8pm address the nation to give an update on the state of...
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SELMEK Medical services suspended over fraudulent COVID19 test results
The Ministry of Health has suspended SELMEK Medical Services from conducting COVID-19 testing at their facility over issuing out fraudulent results. Dr....
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1.1KProminent City Pastor, Benon Kayanja succumbs to COVID-19
KAMPALA: The Born-Again community in Kampala is mourning the passing of Pastor Benon Kayanja who has passed on. Pastor Kayanja of Prayer...