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Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The number of countries, areas or territories reporting various variants of COVID-19 continues to increase after the global number of coronavirus cases surpassed 200 million last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. In its latest weekly update on the pandemic issued on Wednesday …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | The Zimbabwean government announced on Wednesday that only fully-vaccinated people can now attend church services. This follows six weeks of suspension of any church gathering under the Level 4 lockdown to control a third wave of the pandemic, which among other measures bans inter-city travel, public …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced that it will test three new drugs for COVID-19, which will involve thousands of researchers at more than 600 hospitals in 52 countries. According to a press release issued by WHO on Wednesday, the three new drugs are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, Kabuye Kyofatogabye has said that the ministry’s 2.5 billion Shillings Covid-19 response budget is yet to be considered. Kabuye was on Tuesday appearing before the Public and Local Government Accounts committees. The committees are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC is concerned about the low rate of Covid-19 vaccination. According to records from the Ministry of Health, by July 30, 2021, 902,293 and 233,950 people had received their first and second jab respectively. The country’s target is to vaccinate at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has started sealing off all arcades that have failed to comply with the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs meant to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 30th, while lifting the 42 days lockdown, President Yoweri Museveni allowed city arcades to resume operations under …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Small businesses that have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 lockdowns could smile any time from now if government plan to inject cash into their enterprises come to pass. This follows a meeting where the Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises was invited by the …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that he “strongly” supports the effort by the Department of Defense (DOD) to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for members of the U.S. military by Sept. 15. “I strongly support (Defense) Secretary (Lloyd) Austin’s message to the Force today on the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint committee of Parliament has directed Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to present accountability for 100 million Shillings spent by its five divisions to collect data for the COVID-19 relief beneficiaries. The joint parliamentary team comprising the Public and Local Government Accounts committees was tasked …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is still undecided on which persons will be immunized against COVID-19 using China’s Sinovac vaccine. While the vaccine from China was approved for us by both the World Health Organisation and the country’s National Drug Authority, officials have not yet decided …