Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University has said that they are ready to conduct clinical trials for Covilyce-1, a herbal medicine. A clinical trial is a stage where experiments are conducted to obtain sufficient evidence that a drug can be considered effective as a medical treatment. Three weeks ago, …
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How public anger against Uganda government’s response to COVID is driven more by prejudice than facts THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Last Saturday, I lost my auntie, Princess Damali Komukyeeya of Toro. I tweeted that although she had COVID, she was fairly fine Friday evening. She developed breathing …
Read More »COVID-19: Tororo man fakes his death
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Omunyole village in Kisoko Sub-county in Tororo district are stuck with a 6 feet grave they dug a week ago to bury a man who tricked his family that he had succumbed to COVID-19. Charles Ogolla alias “Obwanga” reportedly used his friends …
Read More »Cuba sets new record for daily COVID-19 cases, Abdala vaccinations stepped up
Havana, Cuba | Xinhua | Cuba once again set a record for the number of daily cases of COVID-19, with 3,475 infections and 15 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday. The ministry’s director of hygiene and epidemiology, Francisco Duran, said in his …
Read More »Portugal does 100,000 vaccinations daily in fight against Delta Variant
Lisbon, Portugal | Xinhua | Portugal will accelerate the immunization campaign against COVID-19 to curb the rapid spread of the Delta variant, vice-admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo, Portuguese vaccination coordinator, said Saturday. The goal is to vaccinate “about 850,000 people a week” using the “maximum stocks of vaccine” available, …
Read More »Experts dispel allegations of deaths caused by COVID-19 vaccine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health experts have dismissed allegations that the COVID-19 vaccine is responsible for the death of people succumbing to the virus shortly after taking the jab. Dr. Alfred Driwale, the Assistant Commissioner & Program Manager of Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization-UNEPI, says that while …
Read More »‘No sign of hope after Uganda’s worst COVID month of June’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | June has so far been the worst month for Uganda in as far as the coronavirus pandemic concerned. It has been characterized by surging cases, a new total lockdown, skyrocketing deaths, oxygen shortages, lack of beds for critical patients as well as an upsurge in …
Read More »Twaweza: COVID-19 vaccine confidence in Kampala growing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala resident’s willingness to have a Coronavirus vaccine is increasing, according to a new report on attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines. A COVID-19 vaccine is the key to beating the virus that has so far killed close to two thousand Ugandans. A survey conducted …
Read More »Concern as COVID-19 bodies exhumed for reburial in Budaka
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Budaka District COVID-19 Taskforce has raised a red flag over reports that relatives of COVID-19 victims are exhuming their bodies at night to accord them “befitting burials”. Local leaders in Budaka town council and Kachomo Sub County claim that some residents exhume the bodies …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Mobile money cash for poor
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Mobile money cash for COVID-19 poor: Why Nabbanja is right and others wrong THE LAST WORD Celebrating one’s misfortune: How public anger against Uganda government’s response to COVID is driven more by prejudice …
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