Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | American biotechnology company Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine showed promise in a lab setting against coronavirus variants, including the highly contagious Delta variant first identified in India. The results came from vitro neutralization studies of sera from eight participants one week after they received the …
Read More »Greece offers youngsters 150 euros to get a coronavirus vaccine
The new campaign launched by the Greek state is meant to encourage citizens who have not yet been inoculated to book appointments soon so that Greece can build a strong herd immunity Athens, Greece | Xinhua | All young Greeks aged between 18 and 25 will be offered a prepaid card …
Read More »Turkey announces phase III trials of indigenous COVID-19 vaccine
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 …
Read More »Sweden decides to cover people aged 16-17 in vaccination
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 …
Read More »Vaccination of all teachers unattainable by school reopening date
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 …
Read More »Uganda receives an additional 175,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses
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 …
Read More »Health Ministry directs KCCA to account for 21,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses
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 …
Read More »34,000 Ugandans have received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine – Health Ministry
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 …
Read More »Museveni, Janet receive second shot of the Covid-19 vaccine
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 …
Read More »Hoima gets 500 Covid-19 vaccine doses from Kagadi district
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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