All posts tagged "Covid-19"
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207NewsJournalists 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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296ParliamentSpeaker 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...
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384COVID-19Workers 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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378COVID-19COVID-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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364COVID-19China 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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630COVID-19Report 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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707Current AffairsHospitals 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...
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727NewsGovt 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...
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648Big StoryMUST 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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569COVID-19Gov’t turns to private health providers to salvage high vaccine stocks.
While the National Medical Stores (NMS) doesn’t reveal the exact number of vaccines in stores now, the country has since March 2021...
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2.1KBig StoryMusenero’s Sh8m Covid Rats finally arrive at Entebbe Airport
The rats were last year recommended by Musenero as part of the requirements in the development of the drug that would cure...
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848COVID-19Museveni scoops UK Award for role in managing Covid-19 pandemic
President Yoweri Museveni has received an award from the United Kingdom for his outstanding role in managing the Covid-19 pandemic in the...
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574AfricaTwo-thirds of Africans may have had Covid – WHO study
With limited access to testing facilities for much of Africa's populations, many infections went undetected, as testing was mainly carried out on...
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405COVID-19People can relax wearing face masks – Scientists
Covid-19 Data from the Ministry of Health shows the positivity rate of the country on average is 0.3 per cent, meaning only...
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639COVID-19
Uganda warned on increasing laxity on COVID-19
This comes amidst an evident decline in the use of face masks, hand washing and sanitizers and even social distancing, among others,...