Epidemics Tracker

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has backtracked on its plan to vaccinate learners below 18 years of age as earlier announced. In the past, the ministries of education and health had proposed to vaccinate all learners aged 12 and above using the Pfizer-Biotech vaccine, which is approved for …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The poor Covid-19 vaccine uptake in Bukedi and Bugisu sub-region is being blamed on errant teachers who have adamantly refused to take the jab and negativity on social media. Recently, Emmanuel Ainebyona, the Senior Public Relations Officer in the Ministry of Health named Butaleja, Tororo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government could spend close to Shillings 70 billion to set up and operate the testing centre for arriving passengers at Entebbe International Airport. Mandatory Covid-19 testing for all in-bound passengers is expected to commence next week. Initially, the Ministry of Health had proposed that …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district has embarked on the door to door mobilization to boost the COVID-19 vaccination uptake in the district. The district began vaccination in March this year after receiving 2,620 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the health ministry. The exercise commenced with the vaccination …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the world struggles to fight COVID-19, with countries implementing stringent containment measures, patients with cardiovascular diseases in Uganda are embracing digital health to access care. Twalib Aliku, a consultant cardiologist at Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) Mulago, told Xinhua in a recent interview that digital …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | The origins tracing of COVID-19 should be conducted worldwide for future pandemic prevention, an article published by The Lancet has said. In the article jointly penned by a group of Chinese scientists, the authors noted that there are “no data to support the notion that any …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Microfinance Regulatory Authority-UMRA has asked financial institutions to provide fast and unsecured loans to individuals affected by the Covid-19 lockdown. The outbreak of the pandemic and the ensuing lockdown of movement and operations led to a drop in both the demand and supply of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Churches reopened on Sunday after almost four months of closure, with a call to Christians to embrace the vaccination. On Wednesday, President Museveni reopened places of worship with only 200 congregants observing all the standard operating procedures-SOPs. The places of worship were closed in June …

Why Uganda and other African countries have consistently taken extreme and inappropriate Covid interventions THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | This week, President Yoweri Museveni addressed the nation on Covid-19. With infection and death rates down, the President did little to open up the country. Most especially; he left …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Administrative Officer of Kotido District has ordered teachers and health workers who have not yet received a covid-19 jab to vacate the staff quarters with immediate effect. Joseph Lomongin in a letter dated September 24 and addressed to health workers, teachers, district and …