HIV positive should be given special consideration in COVID-19 vaccination Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts in the medical field have called for the inclusion of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) on the list of people to be considered first for COVID-19 vaccination as countries prioritize those that are at …
Read More »Karimojong Covid-19 patients freely roaming the streets of Moroto, Kotido
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Moroto and Kotido districts are struggling to contain COVID-19 patients who test positive but are out roaming in the streets of the towns. The problem according to experts is caused by the fact that most facilities in the region do not have isolation …
Read More »Private health providers blame high Covid-19 treatment costs on gov’t
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private healthcare providers in Kampala have accused the government of not playing their part amidst continuous backlash over the high fees for treating Covid-19 patients. Speaking during a meeting organized by Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development (HEPs) Uganda on Thursday, Dr Ian Clarke, …
Read More »“Warm” COVID-19 vaccine effective against all key variants: study
Canberra, Australia | Xinhua | Australia’s national science agency has found that a “warm” COVID-19 vaccine suitable for remote locations is effective against all key variants of the virus. In a study published on Thursday, researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) evaluated the efficacy of heat-tolerant coronavirus …
Read More »WHO sounds alarm over surging COVID-19 fatalities in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Africa’s COVID-19 deaths that have spiked by more than 40 percent in the recent weeks are a testimony of the severity of a third wave currently sweeping across the continent, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, …
Read More »Entebbe hospital stuck with unclaimed body of Covid-19 victim
Monica Nakanjako succumbed to COVID-19 last month Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital is stuck with the body of Monica Nakanjako who succumbed to COVID-19 last month. Eric Sserwanga, an administrator at the hospital says that Nakanjako died on June 23, 2021, four days after her admission. …
Read More »Parliament’s Covid-19 taskforce unearths lack of experts in ICUs
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Covid-19 taskforce have identified the lack of specialized human resource to manage the critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Units as a major hindrance in the battle against Covid-19. According to Dr Celestine Barigye, director Mbarara regional referral hospital, some …
Read More »Africa’s COVID-19 cases rise sharply to 6 mln amid vaccine shortage
Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | As Africa is grappling with a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, its total caseload surpassed 6 million on Wednesday, following an increase of 1 million cases within only about one month since June 12. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 6,027,574 as …
Read More »Kabale residents want Covid-19 home based care suspended
Residents want all asymptomatic Covid-19 patients under home based care sent to isolation centers for easy management Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kabale district want the home based care management for Covid-19 patients suspended. In late May, Kabale district Covid-19 taskforce rolled out the home-based care management for Covid-19 patients …
Read More »Gulu University gets UGX 3.7Bn support to speed up Covid-19 cure research
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday evening authorized Shillings 3.7 billion funding to Gulu University to speed up its research into the coronavirus disease cure research. On Monday, the University’s Faculty of Bio-technology and Pharmaceutical Studies (PharmBiotec) headed by Dr Alice Veronica Lamwaka revealed it …
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