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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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Covid-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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Uganda Denies Reports That President Museveni Secretly Vaccinated

By Our Reporter Uganda`s Ministry of Health has denied reported that President Yoweri Museveni and other senior government officials had been vaccinated...

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UN removes marijuana from list of World’s most dangerous drugs

The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has voted to remove cannabis from the list of the most dangerous substance, which...

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Uganda’s COVID-19 Cases skyrocket to 40k Amist Struggle To Secure Vaccine

By Our Reporter Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed that total COVID-19 cases have risen to 38,935 and 317 deaths after registering 129...

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Horror: US Missionary In Uganda Faces Jail For Allegedly Killing Over 105 Children

By Our Reporter Four Ugandan families are taking legal action against an American missionary accused of taking part in treatments at a...

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Panic In Uganda Escalates As Rwanda Goes Into Fresh Lockdown Due To Surge In COVID-19 Cases

By Our Reporter East African countries Uganda inclusive are in total panic as Rwanda neighbours COVID-19 cases have skyrocket hence re-imposing the...

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Just In: State Of Disaster Declared As Two Ministers Die Of COVID-19

By Our Reporter Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has declared a state of disaster in an address to the nation delivered hours after...

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COVID-19 Vaccine To Cost Billions On Black Market As Uganda Cases Skyrocket To 37554

By Our Reporter The Covid-19 vaccine could cost billions on the black market due to the link between rich and poor, experts...

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Uganda put on high alert after new polio variant emerge in South Sudan

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Ministry of Health has urged all districts countrywide to intensify polio surveillance following the outbreak of a vaccine-derived poliovirus...

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Gen Elly Tumwine Dismisses Death Claims

KAMPALA: Security Minister Gen Elly Tumwine has dismissed ongoing rumours circulating on social media reports that he has passed on. Social media...

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COVID-19: Six patients escape from Mulago hospital

KAMPALA: Six COVID-19 patients have escaped from the Mulago Specialised National Referral Hospital where they have been on treatment, the Deputy Executive...

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Covid-19 Vaccines will be free for all citizens – Gov’t

The health official affirmed that his country has already reserved 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

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Masaka District NRM Woman MP Candidate dies of Covid-19

NAIROBI: Masaka District NRM Woman MP Freda Mubanda Kasse has mysteriously passed on in Nairobi, the Daily Express can confirm. Mubanda, 76,...

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Uganda starts HIV Vaccine Trials

In a continued bid to prevent the spread of HIV/Aids, Uganda has today launched the African-led HIV Vaccinine Efficacy Trilas in Masaka,...

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Ministry cuts Covid-19 testing cost to UGX36,000 as cases surpass 25000

The cost of Covid-19 testing is likely to drop from about UGX 360, 000 ($100) to UGX 36,000 ($10), a senior official...

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Breaking: Kiboga DHO succumbs to Covid-19

The District Health Officer for Kiboga District Dr. Michael Musiitwa Mugwanya has succumbed to Covid-19, the Daily Express confirms. Musiitwa was confirmed...

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Uganda Applies for 2 Million Free Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

Uganda has applied for more than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as the pandemic ravages the country ahead of the 2021...

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Former NITA-U Director James Saaka is dead

James Saaka, the former Executive Director of the National Informational Technology Authority (NITA-U), is dead. Saaka, who served NITA-U for over ten...

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BREAKING! Kampala Police crime boss succumbs to Covid-19

Kampala Metropolitan Police has announced that its senior crime investigations officer AIP Simon Asaba has succumbed to Covid-19. According to police, AIP...