Tag Archives: Alfred Driwale

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda is most likely to be fully re-opened in 2022 after at least 4.8 million people have been fully vaccinated. At the moment, the country is still under a partial lockdown with some sectors still closed. Sectors like the entertainment and performing arts are still …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health (MOH) has named Nakapiripirit the worst performing district in terms of vaccinating people against the Coronavirus (COVID-19).  Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said the district if followed by Bukwo and Kaberamaido with the lowest figures.  Dr. Aceng also listed the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Ministry of Health is considering vaccinating students aged 18 and below at health training institutions against COVID-19 to control the spread of the virus. According to the Health Ministry, health institutions are turning out to be COVID-19 cluster centers.   The manufacturers of the vaccine and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  84 percent of health workers have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 according to records from the ministry of health. As of last week, only 24,093 health workers had gotten the vaccine. This according to health ministry officials is worrying and likely to increase vaccine hesitancy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Ministry of Health (MOH) has so far tested only 5.6 million out of the 16 million adolescents and adults targeted for hepatitis B testing by the end of 2020.  Dr. Racheal Beyagira, the Technical Officer on Hepatitis in the Ministry says the 5.6 million accounts …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The commitment by the COVAX facility to provide Uganda with over three million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the first half of 2021 will be delayed, the World Health Organisation Uganda Country Representative Dr Tegnen Yonas Woldermariam said on Thursday.  Dr Tegnen told …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda will not discontinue the use of the AstraZeneca jab in immunizing people against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) with the raising fears of blood clots and low platelet counts as side effects of the drug, experts have said. The experts said in a briefing on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The European Medicines Agency has said that blood clots should be added as a possible adverse side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The recommendation was made after a review of 63 cases of reported blood clots that developed moments after receiving the vaccine …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  People with pre-existing medical conditions will have to present medical records before they can get the COVID-19 vaccine.   According to the Ministry of Health, presenting medical records is a safety measure to ensure that the right people get the vaccine.  Comorbid conditions in COVID-19 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has asked health workers to avoid vaccine wastage during the on-going COVID-19 vaccination campaign.    The World Health Organization defines vaccine wastage as the sum of vaccines discarded, lost, damaged, or destroyed during transportation of vaccines or poor storage of vaccines. …