Epidemics Tracker

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Misaki Wayengera, the head of the Ministerial Scientific Advisory Committee on Covid-19 has said it will be hard to predict when the current pandemic wave will hit its peak. Though President Museveni on Friday announced a total lockdown, Wayengera says its dynamics such as …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers at Masindi General Hospital have laid down their tools due to lack of Personal Protective Equipment-PPE. This has left several Covid-19 patients stranded. Most of the health workers who spoke to Uganda Radio Network on condition of anonymity noted that all the PPE …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | A senior Chinese diplomat has urged all countries, in the spirit of solidarity and international cooperation, to translate their commitment into actions and support timely access of COVID-19 vaccines in developing countries. Chen Xu, China’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), made the …

Ankara, Turkey, | XINHUA |  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced the phase III trials of its indigenous COVID-19 vaccine named Turkovac. The vaccine, which is made with inactivated coronaviruses, is expected to be available for use by the end of this year, Erdogan said at an event …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament is set to close for two weeks starting Monday, June 28, 2021 as Uganda battles the second wave of COVID-19. This is according to a June 22, communication addressed to members of parliament by Henry Waiswa, the Deputy Clerk to Parliament in charge of …

Stockholm, Sweden | XINHUA |  Unlike many other countries that have started to vaccinate people from the age of 12, the Swedish Public Health Agency announced on Tuesday that it has decided to vaccinate the 16-17 year olds, not below, against COVID-19. The agency said that all children aged 16 …

  Rome, Italy | XINHUA | As of next week, Italy is preparing to lift the outdoor face mask mandate as the country’s main COVID-19 indicators appear to have stabilized. The decision was confirmed by Health Minister Roberto Speranza on Tuesday after the new Scientific Technical Committee (CTS) advising the …

New Delhi, India | XINHUA | India’s health ministry on Tuesday alerted the states of Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh on a new variant of COVID-19 called Delta Plus. The ministry described Delta Plus as a Variant of Concern (VOC). “Based on the recent findings of Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia …

 Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Like pirates on high seas, developed nations are curtailing essential supply of COVID-19 vaccines to African nations; with the continent receiving less than 2% of the total 773 million worldwide-administered doses of COVID-19 vaccines. A recent report published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) estimates that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gender, Labor and Social Development Ministry has raised a red flag over unscrupulous individuals inviting people to register for the government COVID-19 grant. The scammers are using a web-based link, which went viral on different social media platforms shortly after the Prime Minister Robinah …