Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 703 teachers in Hoima district and Hoima city have been vaccinated against Covid-19 on the first day of the mass vaccination. The exercise was launched on Wednesday in both Hoima district and Hoima city. On the first day of the vaccination, 340 teachers were vaccinated …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers have adopted a report by the Parliamentary Task Force on the National Covid-19 Response calling on the Auditor General to carry out a forensic audit into all Covid-19 expenditures to ascertain value for money. In its report to Parliament on 03 August 2021, the Task Force …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Covid-19 pandemic containment measures have taken a huge toll on political party mobilization activities. Several opposition political party leaders say that they are unable to mobilize their grassroots structures because of the restrictions, such as the limitation on the number of people who can …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The congestion of long-distance truck drivers at Elegu township in Amuru district is threatening the fight against the coronavirus disease. Currently, over 6,000 truckers have parked their trucks in Elegu township in protest against the persistent ambushes in South Sudan while delivering cargo to the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Director for Operations Edward Ochom, has warned police commanders against selectively charging suspects arrested for flouting Covid-19 guidelines. Ochom in his latest internal memo says that they have noticed an increase in complaints raised by members of the public about being asked to …
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Chicago, U.S. | Xinhua | COVID-19 vaccination elicited antibody responses in nearly nine out of 10 people with weakened immune systems, although their responses were only about one-third as strong as those mounted by healthy people, according to a study of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of leaders in Gulu city are being investigated for manipulating the processes and disbursement of the Covid-19 relief cash. At least 11,472 people in Gulu city benefited from the Covid-19 relief cash that was distributed through the Office of the Prime Minister. The money …
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Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Bukedea have arrested the District Health Educator Ben Ekou, for allegedly swindling more than 60 million Shillings meant for the facilitation of Village Health Teams-VHTs. The money was part of government’s intervention in enhancing surveillance of Covid-19 cases in the villages. Each …
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Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The Council of the European Union (EU) on Monday recommended that member states of the EU reintroduce restrictions on travellers from the United States due to a surge in COVID-19 infections there. The decision, which the Council announced through a statement, reversed a decision taken in …
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American Intelligence to release report amid overshadowing rivalry with China Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Seventeen months since the UN World Health Organisation(WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, the world is waiting anxiously for a U.S Intelligence community report on the origin of the virus. The report is …
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