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Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa must rise by over seven times from around 20 million to 150 million each month on average in order to fully vaccinate 70 percent of its people by September 2022, said the World Health Organization in a statement Thursday. The 70 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to secure the health and safety of its employees and the communities at large, SafeBoda has announced a vaccination drive for all members of its community and beyond in line with government guidelines, it said on Sept.24. The vaccination program, in partnership with …

Fraud cases have been unearthed in the Covid-19 vaccination campaign Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 45-year-old man has been denied a Covid-19 vaccination stamp after he failed to pay 20,000 Shillings. On 22 April, Francis Uzabakiriho, a security guard at Kampala Junior Academy received his first COVID-19 jab when a team …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sex workers are demanding for better jobs amidst the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. The sex workers say due to the restricted public gatherings and closed bars, they are struggling to survive. Tiffany Namirembe has been surviving on sex work for the last five years, after she was …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Israeli teachers who have not been vaccinated against the COVID-19 will be banned from entering schools unless they present a negative test result, Israeli Ministry of Education said on Thursday. Under the decision, teachers who do not present the Green Pass, which is a proof of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has received an additional 655,053 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. 501,153 doses were donated by the French government while the 153,900 doses were from Belgium. Rudi Veestraeten, the Ambassador of Belgium to Uganda, says that this is part of the 350,000 doses the country …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teachers in Kitgum opposed to the vaccination against Covid-19 are buying vaccination cards without receiving the jab. The Kitgum Resident District Commissioner William Komakech and Covid-19 taskforce chairperson says that they have received information about teachers dodging vaccines and opting for fake documents. Recently, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the National Unity Platform-NUP, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has been stopped from travelling to the United States of America to attend party activities over COVID-19 concerns. In a statement on his social media platform (Facebook), Kyagulanyi said yesterday he left Uganda for the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda kingdom, Dreamline Products and UNICEF have partnered to spread messages about COVID-19 to the local communities of Buganda through the use of drums. This will  be done to counter the misconceptions by some people that Covid-19 doesn’t exist in Uganda. The plan was unveiled …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 67,000 AstraZeneca vaccines are set to expire at the end of the month. The vaccines were part of the batch of 128,560 doses that were donated by Norway. According to records from the health ministry, 12,000 doses are in Kampala and 8,000 in Arua. With …