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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Amuru district have appealed to the Ministry of Health to send them more COVID-19 vaccines. The district received 3,000 doses of the vaccines on Tuesday which will cover 1,500 people. The vaccination exercise is expected to start by 17th of March. Amuru district …

Beijing, China | XINHUA |  As two major countries globally, China and the United States should and can join hands to tackle the COVID-19 epidemic, a foreign ministry spokesperson said in Beijing on Friday. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said this at a press briefing when commenting on an article published by …

Is Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng ready for the next battle? COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Starting March 10, millions of people in Uganda will begin taking their COVID-19 vaccine jabs in an unprecedented vaccination programme unveiled recently by Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Uganda’s Minister of Health. Speaking at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Vaccination for COVID-19 ready:Is Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng ready for the next battle? ANALYSIS Taking the COVID-19 jab: What the people are saying THE LAST WORD The living history of Bob Kasango: Looking at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first batch of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines landed at Entebbe International Airport today at around 2:55 pm aboard an Emirates 777 Boeing flight. A total of 864,000 vaccine doses with which an estimated 432,000 Ugandans will be vaccinated are part of the first …

Gov’t imposed animal quarantine on numerous districts to curtail the spread of the Foot and Mouth disease Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Livestock farmers are calling on the government to privatize the import, purchase and distribution of farm inputs especially vaccines to improve the animal health service delivery. This comes at …

Washington, US | XINHUA | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the United States. It does not have to be kept in extra-cold facilities, and is a one dose vaccine. It is the third COVID-19 vaccine that …

Could a universal coronavirus vaccine future-proof our response? COVID-19 SPECIAL FEATURE  | Priya Joi | Although the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by surprise, with many still reeling at how drastically the world has changed, scientists and global health experts had been expecting something like this for years. Coronaviruses are notorious for spilling over …

Minor side effects are a normal sign that the immune system is mounting a protective response following vaccination, although they aren’t universal. COVID-19 SPECIAL FEATURE  |  Linda Geddes |  Tens of millions of people have already been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, and in the coming months, hundreds of millions more will follow. …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Leaders of the European Union (EU) called for an accelerated production and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines late on Thursday as the bloc is struggling with supply shortfalls. “Our top priority now is speeding up the production and delivery of vaccines, and vaccinations, across the EU,” European …