Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni says he is still undecided on which, of the COVID-19 vaccines, he will use to protect himself against coronavirus. He disclosed this in a nationwide televised address from State House on Sunday evening. Museveni, who is 75 years of age, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An audit report by the Auditor General John Muwanga has qualified the accounts of the Ministry of Health to several irregularities in expenditure of money mainly meant for the Covid-19 pandemic response. A qualified opinion means a statement issued by an auditor accompanying an entity’s …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. administration has ordered “almost enough COVID-19 vaccine to fully inoculate every American adult twice,” and its hoarding could fuel a vaccine gap worldwide, Bloomberg has reported. U.S. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration will double the order of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 …

Freetown, Sierra Leone | THE INDEPENDENT |  Sierra Leone will begin mass vaccination against COVID-19 on Monday to further curb the spread of the disease in the country, a health official said Friday. Tom Sesay, head of the Expanded Program on Immunization under Sierra Leone’s Health Ministry, made the announcement at …

Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT |  U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday met virtually with leaders of Japan, India, and Australia over COVID-19, climate change, and other regional issues. The meeting focused primarily on pressing global crises including COVID-19 and the climate crisis, Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters …

Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPENDENT |  Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the Geneva-based UN health agency “systematically reviews safety signals, and is carefully assessing the current reports on the AstraZeneca vaccine.” The COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has been suspended …

  Ankara, Turkey | THE INDEPENDENT |  Turkey reported on Friday 14,941 new COVID-19 cases, including 834 symptomatic patients, as the total number of positive cases in the country reached 2,850,930, according to its health ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 66 to 29,356, while the …

AVIATION NEWS | Airspace Africa | Over the past year, the aviation industry has witnessed a drastic reduction of the active global airline fleet as a result of a dramatic decline in demand as well as the accelerated closure of airlines around the world. In the wake of the pandemic, many who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said they will need up to USD 1.1billion this year to save people who are struggling with food insecurity around the world.  Blaming COVID-19 disruptions for driving hunger levels higher in many countries, the organization said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Small and medium women entrepreneurs have asked the government and financial institutions to streamline financing models to suit the nature of their businesses. This follows a study on the impact of financing sources for women and how COVID-19 affected their livelihoods. The study, by the …