Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Electoral Commission (EC) has acknowledged that it indeed failed to conduct adequate voter education ahead of the recent general election. But, the EC chairman Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi says that their program was partly affected by the restrictions in movement and on gatherings, …

Kampala, Uganda |  JULIUS BUSINGE  | Uganda will this month host the 3rd East African Congress of Accountants. The congress was supposed to be held last year in March but was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on gatherings.  “We have now assessed and it is possible to host the congress,” …

Tokyo, Japan |  XINHUA |  Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Thursday said that Tokyo will likely be placed under stronger anti-virus measures due to a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in the capital and increased pressure on healthcare facilities. The Japanese leader said the new, tougher measures will come into effect …

Rome, Italy |  XINHUA |   Italy will be able to meet the targets planned for the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday. “The availability of vaccines has not declined, the numbers (of daily jabs) are back again to the level we had before Easter, and …

Washington, USA |  XINHUA |  Cooperation between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, would be vital for a faster global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday. “What we see today is the U.S. and …

Cairo, Egypt |  XINHUA |  Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed on Thursday lauded the cooperation between Egypt and China on combating the COVID-19 pandemic as “fruitful and unprecedented.” “I would like to thank the state of China, its leadership, government and people, for their great solidarity with us in this …

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 …

COVID-19 vaccines have not yet arrived in up to 10 African countries as of March 25, according to the WHO Nairobi, Kenya | COMMENT – XINHUA |  World Health Day, which falls on April 8, should be a time where we strive to build a fairer and healthier world. But …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of schools around Kampala are rallying parents to return learners to school. This follows the low turn up of primary four and five pupils.  The learners resumed classes on Monday, after the academic year was prematurely cut short on March 18, 2020, …