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 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government’s wish of having all teachers in school vaccinated by the time of reopening schools is practically unattainable due to limited vaccines. Statistics obtained from the health ministry indicate that by June 9, 2021, out of the targeted 550,000 teachers, only 96,718 had received …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has received an additional 175,200 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the French government through the COVAX facility. The vaccines arrived in the country on Wednesday night aboard KLM airlines. A team of officials from the Ministry of Health and National Medical …
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Health ministry wants KCCA to account for 21,000 doses whose usage has not yet been accounted for Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The health ministry has directed Kampala Capital City Authority -KCCA to account for all the vaccines that it received for the COVID-19 vaccination exercise. Uganda received 964,000 vaccine doses …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 34,139 Ugandans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 according to the Ministry of Health. All those who have received two doses of the vaccine were among the first people vaccinated in the country. According to records from the health ministry, these persons where vaccinated …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the First Lady Janet Kataaha Museveni have today taken the their second COVID-19 vaccination jabs completing the recommended dose by the health experts. In a statement released by the Presidential Press Unit, Museveni was vaccinated today at State Lodge Nakasero …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima district has secured 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Kagadi district. Last week, Hoima district ran out of the COVID-19 vaccines prompting health officials in the district to seek help from Kagadi district that had not fully utilized their doses. In March, Hoima district …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a mad rush for COVID-19 vaccines at designated vaccination centres in Kitgum district amidst a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. Health officials in the district disclosed that more than 500 people were vaccinated on Monday, the highest number recorded in a …
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A panel of experts recommends the use of Sinovac’s jab for adults, with a second dose two to four weeks later Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization has validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving countries, funders, procuring agencies and communities the assurance that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has suspended the vaccination exercise for people who want to take the first and second dose for the COVID-19 vaccine after it run out of doses three days ago. The hospital gets the doses from Wakiso district headquarters. Muhammad Mubiru, the Principal …
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