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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Breweries Limited, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda, and Private Sector Foundation of Uganda, have partnered with Kampala City Council Authority and the Ministry of Health to speed up COVID-19 vaccination and open up the economy. The above entities said on Sept.22 that the drive …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Primary and secondary schools will re-open next year after 4.8 million people in priority and vulnerable groups are fully vaccinated. That includes teachers and 330,000 students aged 18 years and above. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said this in his address today, in which he said …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru Covid-19 taskforce has resolved to divert part of the Covid-19 vaccine doses meant for teachers to vaccinate boda boda cyclists in the district. This follows a directive by the Resident District Commissioner Geoffrey Oceng Osborn, to the health department to vaccinate the riders who …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Ongoing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is contributing to many people across Africa to be skeptical of getting COVID-19 vaccine jabs, the African Union (AU) has said. The statement was made by William Carew, head of the Secretariat of AU’s Economic Social and Cultural Council, as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have arrested three people accused of selling forged Covid-19 vaccination cards. The arrested include; Shamira Rashid, Wanagoli Abdallah and Kakande Muhamood. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday at the Uganda Media Centre, Dr Warren Namara, the Director of the State House Health Monitoring Unit …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Kitgum municipality are struggling to enforce Covid-19 guidelines during curfew hours due to lack of patrol vehicles. Kitgum Resident District Commissioner William Komakech says two cars used by the police in the district for transporting security personnel and emergency responses have been …

President Joe Biden will ease foreign travel restrictions into the United States beginning in November Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States will no longer prohibit foreign visitors from entering the country starting November if they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said Monday when announcing a set …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health says the 1,674,270 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine it has received from the US government will be administered only within Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono. Dr. Alfred Driwale, the program manager of Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization says the Pfizer …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has received a consignment of  more than 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines thanks to a donation by the United States government. This is the second consignment of COVID-19 vaccines that the Biden administration has sent to Uganda. The first arrived on September …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private health service providers are stuck with patients, many of whom cannot afford the cost of treatment, but have also refused to leave the facilities and seek medical attention elsewhere. Grace Kiwanuka, the Executive Director for the Uganda Healthcare Federation says that since the height of …