Epidemics Tracker

Kabarole, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people with COVID-19 in Kabarole has increased to 23, leaving the district task force with no option other than resorting to home-based management. Brian Kisembo, the COVID-19 Incident Manager in Kabarole, says that so far, five of the cases are admitted at …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The search for a COVID-19 vaccine might be coming to an end with news that Moderna’s  vaccine shows to be 95 percent effective in protecting one against COVID-19. According to data released by the biotechnology firm today, phase three clinical trials that were carried out …

A key difference is that the Pfizer/BioNTech candidate must be stored at –70°C, whereas Moderna’s can be kept at –20°C Jon Cohen | SCIENCEMAG.ORG |  Now, there are two. Another COVID-19 vaccine using the same previously unproven technology as the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech – the U.S. and German …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  At least 45 students from two schools in Masaka district have tested positive for the Coronavirus disease-COVI19.  The affected students are mainly from the boarding section. Dr. Nathan Onyach, the Director- Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, says the students are admitted at the COVID-19 Treatment Centre. Onyach says the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mourners for the late Teso Coach proprietor, Faustine Etilu have launched a fundraising drive to save COVID-19 patients at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. The campaign is meant to raise funds for the repair and connection of a standby generator to the oxygen plant at the …

  New York, USA | XINHUA |  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday refuted U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim about New York state’s preparation for COVID-19 vaccination, saying it “untrue.” “What the president says is just untrue. … We trust the drug companies,” Cuomo told CNN’s Situation Room. A …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A section of members of parliament have criticized the ministry of health for allowing families to bury their dead who succumb to COVID-19. The government had initially taken up the burial arrangements, to guarantee safe and dignified burials, as usually done when dealing with highly …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teachers are concerned that the time allocated to the candidate classes to study and complete the syllabus before their final examinations is too little. They say that much of the time in school is now spent on counselling and change of mindset to enable them …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | How critical are bars when it comes to fueling economic growth? Is it possible to respect standard operating procedures where sobriety is doubted amidst rising COVID-19 cases? These could have been some of the questions that President Yoweri Museveni and his national COVID-19 taskforce asked …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Russia has announced that it’s vaccine Sputnik V is safe and effective for controlling COVID-19.  Russia registered the vaccine for public use in August and became the first country to do so through a controversial approval that came in before the start of the large-scale …