Tag Archives: COVID-19

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | COVID-19 vaccination will be voluntary when vaccination starts in the country, according to the Ministry of Health. The Health Minister. Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng disclosed this at a media briefing on Tuesday evening. According to the Health Ministry, the first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine …

The laboratory can run 1,000 test samples in 24 hours Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University laboratory has been accredited to test COVID -19 samples. Last year, the University applied for accreditation to run COVID-19 tests at the laboratory, it was later accredited on January 25th, 2021 after scientific …

Beijing, China | XINHUA | China is exporting COVID-19 vaccines to 27 countries and providing free vaccine aid to 53 countries in need, foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday. Wang told a press briefing that vaccine aid from China has arrived in Pakistan, Cambodia, Laos, Equatorial Guinea, Zimbabwe, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Many COVID-19 survivors lose interest in the things they used to like, clinicians have revealed. As of February 22, 2021, Uganda had registered 14,478 COVID-19 recoveries countrywide. However, doctors say that 70 percent of the survivors lost interest in life, a condition referred to as …

Half of funds will support rural development projects in sub-Saharan Africa Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) plans to invest up to US$ 3.8bn into the world’s rural population following the unprecedented financing target set during this year’s Governance Council Meeting held …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Ugandan exporters are crying over the business disruption caused by the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union alias Brexit as they were coming to terms with the effects of Covid-19. The UK voted to leave the EU in 2016. While it officially …

Economic forecasting models have long been notoriously inaccurate in predicting inflation | AXEL A. WEBER | Current forecasts by many banks, central banks, and other institutions suggest that inflation will not be a problem in the foreseeable future. The International Monetary Fund, for example, expects global inflation to remain subdued …

Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPENDENT | World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has reached out to COVID-19 skeptic, Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, promising to support the country’s health system. “COVID-19 is a serious disease that can cause severe illness and even death. National authorities everywhere must do all they can …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recovery of the Ugandan economy to the desired levels will depend on many factors, most of them beyond the country’s control according to experts and the private sector. These factors include the rebound in the export sector, the developments in oil sector, the universal …

BERLIN, GERMANY | THE INDEPENDENT | German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the special virtual edition of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Friday that multilateralism provided the basis for all political activities and that multilateral organizations should be strengthened. “I think the past two years have made it clear that this …