China-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Sudan Khartoum, Sudan | XINHUA | A batch of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, donated by the Chinese government to Sudan, arrived here on Friday. The batch was received at the Khartoum International Airport by Chinese Ambassador to Sudan Ma Xinmin, Chairman of Sudan’s Higher …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY How safe is the COVID-19 vaccine :The Believers and the Doubters ANALYSIS The Queen Elizabeth Park lion massacre: How anti-trafficking tactics netted suspected killers THE LAST WORD The paradox Magufuli’s presidency: How fallen …
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City tycoon Sudhir takes COVID-19 jab Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | More prominent Ugandan leaders are taking lead in receiving COVID-19 vaccine jabs contrary to earlier reports that the move would endanger people’s lives. City tycoon, Sudhir Ruparalia, on March 25, received his first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine joining …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 300 people have so far received the COVID-19 jab at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. Those that have been vaccinated include health workers, teachers, security officers and the elderly. According to Dr John Kalyesubula, the medical officer at Entebbe Municipal Council, 378 people …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Corporate organizations willing to vaccinate their staff against COVID-19 can now import in their doses after the Ministry of Health (MOH) gave them a nod on Thursday. Speaking to journalists, Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said the decision was reached following countless …
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📌 The list of self-reported side affects includes ✳ Crying (43 cases) ✳ Flatulence (89) ✳ Eye Color change (3) ✳ Altered time perception (2) ✳ Electric Shock (2) ✳ Day dreaming (4) ✳ Anger (10) ✳ Tooth discoloration (1) ✳ Thirst (402 cases) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Because …
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Mbale, Manafwa officials struggle to convince health workers on safety of COVID-19 vaccine Mbale, Uganda | AYUBU KIRINYA – URN | Mbale and Manafwa district officials are finding difficulty convincing health workers about the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine. During the launch of the exercise on Tuesday at Mbale Regional …
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Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPEDNENT | The World Health Organization, the vaccines alliance GAVI and Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations CEPI have launched one of the most ambitious inoculation delivery plan in history, dubbed COVAX. The plan is to ensure the poorer countries in the world are all able to receive …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni says he is still undecided on which, of the COVID-19 vaccines, he will use to protect himself against coronavirus. He disclosed this in a nationwide televised address from State House on Sunday evening. Museveni, who is 75 years of age, …
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Vaccines arriving at international airports is only the first step in the race for vaccine access equity COMMENT | By Dr. Solomon Zewdu | On February 24, 600,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Accra, Ghana. Two days later, another 504,000 doses arrived in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. These were the …
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