Tag Archives: COVID-19

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seventy five patients succumbed to Covid-19 between May 21 and July 11 at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, a, average of three deaths every two days. In the first wave, that is between March 21, 2020 to  end  of April,  1,393 patients  were handled at …

New Delhi, India | Xinhua | Authorities in Delhi Saturday allowed further relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions across the Indian capital region, saying that from July 26 metro and buses will run at full capacity, while cinemas will reopen at half capacity. The order issued by Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah on Friday quietly returned to the country, sources have revealed. Oulanyah has been out of the country for one and half months. He last presided over Parliament at the reading of the 2021/2022 financial year budget at Kololo …

Maternal deaths increase as health workers shift to care for COVID-19 patients Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda’s response to COVID-19 has negatively impacted maternal, child and neonatal health, according to data by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The UNFPA says the biggest and longest lasting impact is …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The benefits of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine far outweigh its potential risks amid an ongoing review of reports of a rare neurological disorder, according to an advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday. There have been 8.1 …

Vaccine linked to rare condition in which the immune system attacks the nerves Africa, the continent with the world’s lowest vaccination rate, is going ahead with plans to procure Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine undeterred by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s warning about the inoculation. The FDA earlier this …

Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | Africa’s third wave of COVID-19 pandemic is at a crossroads, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday at an online press conference. As the rate of new cases fell by less than two percent over the past week, driven by a sharp drop in …

Health ministry officials will be visiting some of the laboratories that issued fake Covid-19 results Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Health Monitoring Unit has opened investigations into laboratories that issue fake COVID-19 test results. This comes after several travelers at Entebbe International Airport were blocked after it was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human rights defenders under the Union of Human Rights Defenders Uganda have called for the resignation of the Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Dr. Diana Atwine for alleged mismanagement of the COVID 19 situation in the country. According to the activists, Atwine has failed to account …

Poor countries have vaccinated 1 percent of their population Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | As the global vaccination campaign against COVID-19 is getting underway, the competition between rich and poor countries would be lopsided, according to a recent report of U.S. media. Poor countries have vaccinated 1 percent of their population, …