COVID-19 Updates

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators on the Parliament Covid-19 taskforce are concerned about the way the home-based care system has been left exposed and vulnerable to people in homes and communities. The government through the ministry of health approved that people who test positive to Covid-19 but with mild …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua City Council has approved 338 million shillings supplementary budget for management of Covid-19. The money is part of the funds from the central government transfers to the cities and municipalities to support Covid-19 activities. In an extraordinary council sitting held on Monday, the councilors …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added a new warning on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, saying the vaccine has been linked to a serious but rare side effect called Guillain-Barre syndrome. Guillain Barre syndrome is a neurological disorder in which the …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday warned of the “devastating outbreaks” caused by the Delta variant of COVID-19, saying that the new strain of the virus was infecting people “at a scorching pace.” “Last week marked the fourth consecutive week …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will this month receive some 647,010 doses of Pfizer vaccine from the World Health Organization COVAX facility to boost the country’s protection against COVID-19. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, ministry of health spokesperson told Xinhua by telephone on Monday that the vaccines would mostly be used in …

Gulu district Covid-19 taskforce is seeking money to do mass sensitization to improve adherence to standard operating procedures and ensure high vaccine uptake Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district taskforce is hunting for Shillings 314 million to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Key among the interventions lined up …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of health workers have allegedly received less money than what they expected in their risk allowances paid in arrears. The health workers deployed in COVID-19 Treatment Units-CTU had taken months without receiving their allowances. Last week, a number of health workers received the …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University’s faculty of Bio-technology and Pharmaceutical Studies (PharmBiotec), needs financial assistance to produce large quantities of their Covid-19 herbal treatments. Three weeks ago, a group of more than ten scientists at the University started packing four different concoctions which they said they have been …

Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | South African government, political parties, labor and civil society have given thumbs up to the CoronaVac, also known as the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, which they said would bolster the country’s fight against the pandemic. South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) approved the use of CoronaVac …

Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | Students being treated for COVID-19 under home-based care in Rwanda are to sit their national examinations under strict health protocols, the country’s education ministry said. All examination centers will set up a separate examination room, which will be disinfected every day, for these students, the ministry …