Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Governments should focus on managing COVID-19 through prevention, treatment and not vaccination, according to Eva Mugisa, a pharmacist based in Uganda. Speaking at a virtual town-hall meeting titled “Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations – what is the place for public health and informed consent”, Mugisa …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has received more than 1000 oxygen cylinders, thanks to the Danish International Development Agency-DANIDA. The Danish agency procured the oxygen cylinders through the World Health Organisation-WHO as part of their donations to Uganda’s response to COVID-19. Each of the cylinders …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Monetary Fund – IMF is so far satisfied with the way Uganda has managed the COVID-19 relief packages the country has received from the organization over the last two years. In June last year, the IMF board approved a relief package for Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is planning to review the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures for schools. Educational institutions were given guidelines to follow before they were allowed to reopen. The guidelines include wearing face masks, washing hands, and the two-meter social distancing during classes. A source …
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Why many experts believe countries may be rashly entering a new stage of learning to live with COVID-19 virus | THE INDEPENDENT | After 2 years of living through a global pandemic, many scientists and policymakers are trying to answer what happens next. The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has driven …
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New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 400 million on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The global case count amounted to 400,244,031, with 5,761,208 deaths worldwide, as of 5:21 p.m. local time (2221 GMT), showed the data. The United States reported 77,025,027 cases and 908,262 …
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New York, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. on Tuesday presented weaker-than-expected operating guidance for 2022 leading to material loss of its stock price. Pfizer expects to realize 98 billion to 102 billion U.S. dollars of revenues in 2022 and the mid-point of the guidance range represents a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health’s failure to address the challenges faced in capturing data of all vaccinated persons who took COVID-19 jabs on its portal has left many Ugandans stranded. On 31 March 2021, Christine Obonyo received her first Covid-19 jab from Victoria Hospital and three months …
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Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Thursday that there was “insufficient evidence” for it to recommend the administration of a second booster vaccine against COVID-19. “At the moment, there is insufficient evidence from clinical trials or real-world evidence that could support our recommendation for the …
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Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | With only 11 percent of the population fully vaccinated in Africa, the vaccination rate on the African continent needs to increase six times to meet the 70 percent target set for mid-2022, warned Thursday the World Health Organization (WHO). “The world has finally heard our calls. …
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