Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Oyam District have appealed to the District leaders and Ministry of Health to enforce a lockdown to curtail community transmission of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). In the last few days the District Task Force released test results confirming 82 new infections in a …
Read More »Uganda clays returns to making profit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Clays Ltd, Uganda’s oldest clay building materials manufacture, has returned to making profit despite a slight decline in revenues in year ended December 2020, according to the financial statements. The company reports that profit after tax for the period increased by 5639% to Ushs 4.9 …
Read More »Gov’t bans flights to and from India
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has banned flights to and from India following the high COVID- 19 infections and deaths in the Asian country. India has so far recorded more than 18 million cases of COVID-19 with over 208,000 deaths. The country is also in a crisis with …
Read More »Africa at risk of COVID-19 resurgence amid laxity
Complacency and disregard for public health measures could trigger a new wave of Covid-19 infections Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Many African countries are at high risk of COVID-19 resurgence amid lax adherence to containment measures combined with low vaccination and testing, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO …
Read More »BioNTech/Pfizer seek approval for COVID-19 vaccine use in adolescents
Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | German biotechnology company BioNTech and U.S. company Pfizer have submitted a request to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the approval of an extension of their COVID-19 vaccine use in adolescents aged 12 to 15, the two companies announced on Friday. The submission was based on …
Read More »Gulu task force seeks UGX 186M to intensify COVID-19 risk awareness
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 risk and communication committee is seeking 186 Million Shillings funding to intensify public sensitization campaigns against the epidemic in the wake of the infections surge. A survey conducted by the committee reveals that only 15 per cent of Gulu’s 500,000 population put on …
Read More »EU lawsuit against AstraZeneca might be hard to prove, say experts
Rome, Italy | XINHUA | The European Union (EU) announced this week it was suing pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for breach of contract amid major delivery shortfalls, a case that legal analysts said could be hard to prove. A spokesman for the European Commission told Xinhua Wednesday that AstraZeneca had indicated …
Read More »‘Indian COVID-19 variant in Kampala’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has detected the Indian COVID-19 variant in Kampala. According to officials from the Ministry of Health, the variant also referred to as -B.1.617 was detected from travelers returning from Indian. The variant was picked up after the travelers …
Read More »U.S. Fed keeps interest rates near zero as recovery picks up
Washington, USA | XINHUA | The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged at the record-low level of near zero, as economic recovery gathers momentum on COVID-19 vaccination progress and strong fiscal support. “Amid progress on vaccinations and strong policy support, indicators of economic activity and …
Read More »Pre-flight COVID tests, daily checks for Tokyo Olympics athletes
✳ Two COVID-19 tests before flight to Japan ✳ Daily tests ✳ Only follow activities outlined in activity plan ✳ Social-distance with outsiders, 1 meter ✳ Use Games vehicles only ✳ Eat only in locations where COVID-19 countermeasures in place ✳ All other Games participants tested daily for three days …
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