Tag Archives: COVID-19

Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | Overseas spectators will be banned from entering Japan to watch the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer due to COVID-19, the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee announced on Saturday. Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto told a news conference that the decision has been made by the …

Businesses and consumers that went digital helped mitigate the economic downturn caused by the pandemic Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amid slowing economic activity, Covid-19 led to a surge in e-commerce and accelerated digital transformation. As lockdowns became the new normal, businesses and consumers increasingly went digital, providing and purchasing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new study by Makerere University-based bioethicists has found that the government blundered regarding who should be given priority as initial beneficiaries of the Covid-19 vaccine. Launching preliminary findings of the survey in which scientists sought to establish ethical and social issues for vaccine priority …

The AstraZeneca vaccine’s benefits outweigh its risks Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries on Friday to continue using the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, as its benefits outweigh risks with tremendous potential to prevent infections and deaths from the pandemic. Following the review on the AstraZeneca …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Any effort geared towards supporting businesses is highly needed at this time for the economy to fast recover from the COVID-19 crisis. A group of civil society organisations under their umbrella body, Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) has listed challenges women face in business …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The presidential advisor on epidemics Monica Musenero has asked the government to sensitize the public about the on-going Covid-19 vaccination. Musenero who is part of the COVID-19 national task force says that the low turn up of health workers for the vaccination exercise is not …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of unauthorized people are getting Covid-19 jabs thanks to the hesitation of frontline health workers. Last week, the Health Ministry rolled out the mass Covid-19 vaccination targeting frontline health workers. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the Senior Public Relations Officer Ministry of Health told URN on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Peoples Defense Forces have been advised to dismiss negative claims against the Covid-19 vaccine. Several UPDF soldiers starting with the minister of defense received their Covid-19 jabs this morning at the Senior Officers Diagnostic Hospital in Mbuya. Following the roll out of the Covid-19 …

President Museveni contends that Monitor Publications Limited falsely and maliciously published an article titled “Museveni ‘inner circle’ secretly given Covid jabs – US paper,” that defamed him Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has finally made good his threat and sued the Monitor Publications Limited for alleged defamation. …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Schools in Gulu City especially are struggling to enforce strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) against Coronavirus Disease – COVID-19, two weeks after they resumed operations.  There are at least 200 education institutions of learning in Gulu. The Ministry of Education allowed the phased opening of …