Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation has urged the government of Uganda to put in place measures to address adverse side effects of COVID-19 vaccines. The call follows reports that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has been found to cause rare blood clots similar to the …
Read More »Second COVID-19 wave begins in Uganda -Scientists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The second wave of COVID-19 in Uganda has begun, according to scientists. Scientists say the wave begun last week and has so far been characterized by an increase in reported cases of the disease. In the last week of March and the first week of …
Read More »Makerere hospital not struggling with Covid-19 vaccination uptake – Prof. Byamugisha
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Makerere University Hospital, Prof. Josephat Byamugisha has said they are not struggling with the uptake of the Covid-19 vaccination. The Covid-19 vaccination point based at Makerere University hospital had depleted all its stocks in slightly more than a week as most of other …
Read More »Teachers, frontline workers being compelled to mandatory Covid-19 jabs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Health and Education ministries are seemingly in support of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of teachers and other frontline workers. While the government had initially said that COVID-19 vaccination is not compulsory and subject to consent since the vaccines are new and have never been used …
Read More »Why the US has recommended a pause in Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination over blood clot concerns
Washington, USA | XINHUA | U.S. federal health agencies on Tuesday called for a pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine after rare blood clotting cases emerged in six recipients. In a joint statement Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. …
Read More »Museveni jab gives COVID vaccination boost
WHO assures availability of vaccine doses as manufacturer gets stretched Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda’s COVID-19 vaccination exercise has added speed over the last two weeks following President Yoweri Museveni’s getting vaccinated publicly on March 27. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health said April 8 that …
Read More »Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine halted over blood clot fears
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have halted the use of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine after recording six cases of people developing blood clots. In an announcement on Tuesday, the health bodies said the patients who …
Read More »Amuru RDC orders compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for frontline workers
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru District Local Government has decided to use an iron hand to get all the frontline workers vaccinated against Covid-19. Most of them are reluctant to the jab. So although being vaccinated in voluntary both in Uganda and the rest of the world, in Amuru district …
Read More »COVID long way from over as cases and deaths surge – WHO
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic is a long way from over but there are many reasons to be optimistic, according to the head of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Although January and February saw six consecutive weeks of plummeting COVID-19 cases, the World Health …
Read More »Can a COVID-19 vaccine give me COVID?
None of these vaccines has the ability to cause COVID-19 disease, but they may occasionally trigger side effects COVID-19 SPECIAL FEATURE | Linda Geddes | Vaccines work by training the immune system to recognise a pathogen – such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 – without making you …
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