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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health (MOH) has named Nakapiripirit the worst performing district in terms of vaccinating people against the Coronavirus (COVID-19).  Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said the district if followed by Bukwo and Kaberamaido with the lowest figures.  Dr. Aceng also listed the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has banned flights to and from India following the high COVID- 19 infections and deaths in the Asian country.  India has so far recorded more than 18 million cases of COVID-19 with over 208,000 deaths. The country is also in a crisis with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ministry of Health is optimistic that Uganda will get the second consignment of COVID-19 vaccines on time despite the shortages experienced globally. Uganda has so far vaccinated 239,617 people out of the 964,000 dozes of vaccines that were received earlier.  Although the government had …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The ministry of health has been forced to continuously revise the COVID-19 vaccination priority groups due to the low uptake of the vaccine. According to health ministry officials, they have been forced to change the original plan of vaccination to increase uptake of the vaccine. Originally, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The World Health Organisation has urged the government of Uganda to put in place measures to address adverse side effects of COVID-19 vaccines. The call follows reports that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has been found to cause rare blood clots similar to the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda will not discontinue the use of the AstraZeneca jab in immunizing people against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) with the raising fears of blood clots and low platelet counts as side effects of the drug, experts have said. The experts said in a briefing on …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has been asked to pay more attention to scientific evidence in its control and elimination programmes.  Speaking at an inaugural lecture on science in malaria control on Tuesday, Dr  James Kananura Tibenderana a global malaria expert said while Uganda has programmes that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has launched a survey to establish how widespread COVID-19 infections are in the country. The survey will determine how many people might have been infected with the disease in the past year. The survey comes at a time when the country …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng has said that the Ministry is yet to receive funds for the covid-19 vaccine.  Although Parliament passed 18.3 billion shillings for the procurement of the AstraZeneca Vaccines from the Serum Institute of India last month, the Health Ministry …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Health Ministry has dropped its earlier decision requiring all people showing up for COVID-19 vaccination to present National Identification cards. The Health Minister, Dr. Ruth Aceng, says they have put in place new measures to identify the beneficiaries.  The minister’s announcement comes a few …