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Paris, France | Xinhua | France will start offering on Monday a fourth COVID-19 vaccination shot to people over 80 years old who have received their booster dose, French Prime Minister Jean Castex told daily Le Parisien in an interview published on Saturday. The vaccination campaign will also be extended to …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Health in charge of General Duties, Anifa Kawooya has asked leaders in Acholi sub-region to rally the masses to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The minister says misinformation on the efficacy and alleged dangers of the Covid-19 vaccine remains a big hurdle for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Parliament processes the Public Health (Amendment) Bill, 2021, the ECASA Group of Consultants Ltd wants the proposal for punitive measures for persons who have not been vaccinated, to be reconsidered. Section 47(1) of the bill mandates a local government council to require persons in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health says 7.9 million people have been fully vaccinated since last year. The country launched it’s vaccination exercise on March 10th, 2021, exactly one year ago. The exercise initially targeted frontline workers such as medical officers, hospital staff, teachers, aviation workers and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The private health sector officials under their umbrella body, the Uganda Health Care Federation have sought more time from Members of parliament to make a decision on government’s proposal that seeks to make vaccination mandatory. Led by the Federation Executive Director Grace Kiwanuka, the officials …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Parliament processes the Public Health (Amendment) Bill, 2021, Uganda Law Society (ULS) wants the proposal for mandatory Covid-19 vaccination dropped and allow the public to consent to it. They propose that the bill should consider circumstances under which an individual may reject vaccination and  …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Ugandan authorities plan to start vaccinating children aged 12 to 17 years against Covid-19, experienced medical experts continue to disagree with the move, urging authorities to drop the idea. “I’m completely against vaccinating healthy children against COVID-19,” Dr Renee Hoenderkamp, a qualified medical doctor working …

Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | Vaccination rates in Africa remain the lowest in the world, as the continent is “racing towards” the target of vaccinating 70 percent of its population, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday. One year since the COVAX Facility delivered the first COVID-19 vaccines to Africa, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has defended the amendment to the Public Health Act saying that it is important to revise the penalties in the law and also consider emerging diseases like COVID-19, Ebola and others. Dr. Aceng appeared before Parliament’s Committee …

Waksio, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district authorities are targeting to vaccinate one million people against Covid-19 in seven days. The Wakiso District Health Officer, Dr. Mathias Lugoloobi said that they will be working with security personnel, local leaders, and Village Health Teams-VHTs to mobilize the communities to take part …