All posts tagged "Covid-19"

First Lady Janet Museveni tests positive for Covid-19, goes into self-isolation

Kiruhura, (UG): Uganda’s First Lady, Janet Kataha Museveni has tested positive for COVID-19, the President of Uganda H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni revealed...

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Study shows Anti-Covid drug may have led to virus mutations

An anti-Covid drug widely used across the world may have caused mutations in the virus, researchers said on Monday, but there was...

Crime

Chinese National arrested over shs4.5bn Acclaim BLQ Scam

Acclaim BLQ Sports SMC operated under the slogan “You lose, You win” which is believed to have attracted many people to the...

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Ministry of Health issues warning as Covid-19 cases rise

Officials say the test positivity rate has risen to 3.5% signalling an upward trend. He has urged health workers and persons aged...

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Museveni recovers from Covid after 11 days of self-isolation

Museveni announced on June 7 as he addressed Parliament at the State-of-the-Nation address at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala that he had...

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Museveni delegates Nabbanja as he takes ‘forced leave’ over Covid-19

Mr Museveni said he has been “very cautious with corona” but recently had to give up on facemasks because they were causing...

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The Burden of COVID-19: A global perspective on Uganda and Africa

This article examines the burden of COVID-19 globally, with a specific focus on Africa and Uganda. Additionally, it delves into the introduction...

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Museveni to address Ugandans next week amid Covid-19 scare

In the wake of a new wave of flu, the ministry has urged symptomatic individuals to seek clinical care and the general...

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How greed for profit by big pharmaceuticals’ is a danger to African lives

Another large pharmaceutical company - Gilead Sciences is at it again, reaping billions from public coffers while at the same time risking...

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Africa

Covid-19 lessons could ease cholera outbreak – Moeti

Even though cholera can be easily treated, if sick people do not have access to health facilities it can result in high...

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WHO warns of new Covid-19 Variant Arcturus detected in over 20 countries

The spreading variant, which has been reported in at least 21 countries, the WHO said in a new report, is a sub-variant...

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Silent Echoes: The unheard cries of Human trafficking Victims during the COVID-19 pandemic

Just last year, I was contacted by a friend of mine from the school of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University...

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Musenero used friends to divert billions of Covid-19 funds

In the Financial Year 2020/2021, Dr Musenero’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations, received Shs31b in supplementary funding to fight Covid-19.

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Journalists without Covid certificates won’t cover Presidential events – State House

According to the Deputy Presidential Press Secretary, Mr Faruk Kirunda, the new directive comes into effect starting next Monday, December 12, 2022.

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Parliament

Speaker receives special audit report on COVID-19 spending

The speaker asked the Auditor General to shift focus to value-for-money audits, saying this makes more accountability sense in light of the...

Workers flee iPhone factory in China over Covid lockdown

Video shared online showed about 10 people jumping a fence outside the plant, owned by manufacturer Foxconn, in the central city of...

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COVID-19: Pakistan reports 90 coronavirus cases, one death in 24 hours

A total of over 1.5 million Covid-19 cases have so far been reported in Pakistan, while 30,603 people had died since the...

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China approves world’s first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine

The needle-free vaccine which can be stored and administered more easily than intramuscular jabs will be given through a nebuliser, the company...

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Report adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines: Experts advise

According to the vaccinologists, many of the reactions experienced by people after vaccination are being reported by family members late thus hindering...

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Current Affairs

Hospitals urged to reserve 10 beds for critical Covid-19 patients as cases rise

The decision was made as new cases were averaging 120 per day creating fear that the country could see a new surge...

Govt halts mandatory covid-19 vaccination in schools

More than 16 million learners aged 5 to 17 years were supposed to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in a mass vaccination campaign...

MUST READ: The emerging viruses of the 21st century

The recent explosion of monkeypox cases in countries where the infection had not previously spread, coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic, has underscored...

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