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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City traders under the Kampala Arcades Advocacy forum have partnered with Mild May testing laboratory to carry out massive COVID-19 screening at a subsidized cost. This is meant to control the spread of COVID-19 among the business community. Suleiman Mpagi, the forum’s organizing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala has run out of COVID-19 vaccines. Uganda Radio Network visited some vaccination sites such as the Kampala Capital City Clinic, Kiswa health center III, Bukoto heath center, Naguru General Hospital and Kisenyi and found no queues of people waiting for vaccines. Charles Lweno, a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that the government is struggling to procure vaccines to vaccinate 21 million people in the country. The country plans to vaccinate 22 million people aged 18 and above in the country. However, data from the health ministry shows that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of health is considering allocating the Sinovac vaccines to groups of people in banks, companies and organizations that might be interested in getting vaccinated. The country at the moment has a total of 300,000 doses that were donated by the People’s Republic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will not be allowed to attend parliament sessions next week. MPs are currently on a working recess to assess the impact of the Emyooga program in their constituencies. Chris Obore, the Parliament Director of …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community has stepped up efforts to ensure the region starts manufacturing its own COVID- 19 vaccines, jointly. This comes as individual countries are battling the pandemic largely separately, with each having their own approach to vaccines. The EAC Secretariat says that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private health providers want the Ministry of Health to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from manufacturers on their behalf. This comes amidst a rush for vaccines as it is being mooted as the only game-changer towards the fight against COVID-19 that will save the country from the feared …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Fully vaccinated people can still transmit the COVID-19 virus, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday. “Our vaccines are working exceptionally well,” Walensky told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. The vaccines work well for Delta in a way to prevent …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people have been charged with doing a negligent act likely to spread infection of disease and unlawful possession of government syringes. They are Kaana Majaabu, an enrolled nurse at Kiswa health center III, Gloria Katushabe, an enrolled midwife and proprietor of G.Marts Medical center in …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | President of the Republic of South Africa and African Union (AU) COVID-19 Champion Cyril Ramaphosa has today announced the start of monthly shipments of vaccines acquired by the AU / African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to the AU Member States. Target is to …