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Los Angeles, US | Xinhua|  A new study suggested the risk for cardiac complications was significantly higher after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. The study, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, analyzed electronic health record data from 40 U.S. health care systems …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On March.30, the International Center for Research on Women held a policy dialogue with government officials from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Equal Opportunities Commission, Parliament of Uganda, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, women’s groups in the informal sector, and civil society organisations …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, is likely to keep evolving as transmission continues globally, but its severity will reduce due to immunity acquired by vaccination and infection, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Speaking at an online briefing, WHO Director-General Tedros …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients with severe COVID-19 referred to Mulago National Referral Hospital are being forced to share wards with other critically ill patients following the closure of the COVID-19 treatment unit. A doctor who spoke to URN on condition of anonymity, says that they received a severe …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has asked health workers who were deployed in COVID-19 treatment units in National and Regional Referral hospitals under the Emergency Response arrangement to leave hospitals even when the government still owes them their pay. Aceng was speaking shortly after …

Nearly half of all countries in Africa have stopped tracing the contacts of cases | TH INDEPENDENT | With new COVID-19 cases significantly dropping, many countries are increasingly curtailing COVID-19 surveillance and quarantine measures. While the need to reopen economies and resume social life is important, the World Health Organization …

Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | A newly published study has found that receiving a COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy does not lead to increases in the frequency of complications around the time of childbirth. The findings, published in JAMA, provide further assurances about the safety of mRNA vaccines for this particularly …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union in Uganda and the Ministry of Health officials are worried about the rate at which Ugandans are abandoning COVID-19 prevention measures, warning that the pandemic is far from over. This comes amidst an evident decline in the use of face masks, …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti district councilors are protesting the delayed payment of the Covid-19 and polio mass vaccination allowances. On Thursday, the councilors had been presented with a supplementary budget of more than one Billion Shillings. However, they realized that more than 200 Million Shillings passed as supplementary …

Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | American biotechnology company Moderna said Wednesday it will request the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged under 6. The company will submit the request to the FDA, as well as the European Medicines …