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WHO monitoring new Covid variant named ‘Mu’

AFP NEWS: The World Health Organization has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as “Mu”, which was first identified...

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Teachers urged to get Sinovac Jabs as Gov’t hints at Schools Re-opening

ADJUMANI, UGANDA: Teachers in Adjumani district have been advised to rush for mass vaccinations of covid-19 so that the district will have...

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UNICEF 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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NDA 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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Doctor who vaccinated 800 Ugandans with water for Covid-19 jabs missing from Kitalya prison

NAKAWA, KAMPALA: Nakawa Chief Magistrate has been notified that a phony doctor who administered fake Covid-19 vaccines to over 800 Ugandans has...

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Uganda 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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This 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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Uganda 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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Uganda 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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Serum 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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Teachers, learners above 18 years to get covid jabs ahead of schools reopening

The Education Minister who is also the First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni has asked teachers and learners aged 18 and above, to...

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Uganda reopens medical schools in efforts to boost COVID-19 fight

KAMPALA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — Medical schools in Uganda on Friday reopened as a measure to boost the country’s health personnel involved...

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South 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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KCCA 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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UHRC 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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Covid-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...