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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Indians in Uganda under their umbrella Indian Association of Uganda (IAU), have booked off thirty rooms at Royal Fort Hotel in Bugolobi in which they are operating a COVID-19 treatment center, in a move they describe as a gesture of corporate social responsibility to Ugandans. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nationwide COVID-19 vaccination is scheduled to resume next week on June 28th, according to the Ministry of Health. During this round of vaccination, only people receiving their second jab will be vaccinated. To date, that number stands at over 700,000 people. The programme manager of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Is a negative PCR test a guarantee for absence of the coronavirus in one’s body? This is a question that has of recent been baffling health workers with increasing rates of patients reportedly with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 and yet have negative test results. Dr. …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents in Acholi have expressed fear over the likelihood of increased teenage pregnancies and child marriage in the region again following the second pandemic lockdown in the country. On June 6, President Yoweri Museveni issued partial lockdown measures to close public transport, places of worship …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Misaki Wayengera, the head of the Ministerial Scientific Advisory Committee on Covid-19 has said it will be hard to predict when the current pandemic wave will hit its peak. Though President Museveni on Friday announced a total lockdown, Wayengera says its dynamics such as …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers at Masindi General Hospital have laid down their tools due to lack of Personal Protective Equipment-PPE. This has left several Covid-19 patients stranded. Most of the health workers who spoke to Uganda Radio Network on condition of anonymity noted that all the PPE …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | A senior Chinese diplomat has urged all countries, in the spirit of solidarity and international cooperation, to translate their commitment into actions and support timely access of COVID-19 vaccines in developing countries. Chen Xu, China’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), made the …

Ankara, Turkey, | XINHUA |  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced the phase III trials of its indigenous COVID-19 vaccine named Turkovac. The vaccine, which is made with inactivated coronaviruses, is expected to be available for use by the end of this year, Erdogan said at an event …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament is set to close for two weeks starting Monday, June 28, 2021 as Uganda battles the second wave of COVID-19. This is according to a June 22, communication addressed to members of parliament by Henry Waiswa, the Deputy Clerk to Parliament in charge of …

Stockholm, Sweden | XINHUA |  Unlike many other countries that have started to vaccinate people from the age of 12, the Swedish Public Health Agency announced on Tuesday that it has decided to vaccinate the 16-17 year olds, not below, against COVID-19. The agency said that all children aged 16 …