In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the world faced unprecedented challenges, Nancy Herkul, an entrepreneur and founder of African Beat Agency, recognized an urgent need. Artists were struggling—without performances, income, and grappling with mental health issues—and Nancy stepped in to bridge the gap. Her agency, born during a time when the Dutch government […]
· The 500,000 COVID -19 doses is a bilateral agreement between the UK and Uganda to further support Uganda’s COVID-19 response. · This latest batch of donations is the first tranche of the 1 million COVID-19 vaccines which the UK committed to donating in January 2022. Kampala: On 27 February the UK delivered a further 500,000 […]
Over 200 million doses flown in Oct and Nov 2021 More than 27 million doses flown to Uganda Emirates SkyCargo has announced that it has crossed a major milestone in the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines with 600 million doses flown on its flights, including more than 27 million doses transported to Uganda. Since October […]
Katsha Group Chief Executive Officer Katsha De’bank has called on people to mask up as a way of preventing themselves from the deadly COVID-19. He said this will posting on his Facebook platforms as a way of creating awareness against the disease. “Always be humble, Mask up and protect your self from the new Variant […]
The first vaccine donations left the UK at the end of July with Indonesia, Jamaica and Kenya among the first countries beneficiaries. More doses expected will arrive via the COVAX Facility this week, including Uganda. In total the UK has pledged to donate 100 million vaccines overseas by June2022, 80 million of which will be […]
Kampala; The UK is pleased to announce they have committed £500,000 (over $708,000) to UNICEF Uganda’s COVID-19 appeal – vital support that will benefit over 1.8 million people across Uganda. The funding will support an increase in oxygen production and delivery and improve the availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at selected health facilities, to keep […]
Kampala; Equity Bank Uganda Limited has today donated 2,000 mosquito nets worth UGX 40 million in partnership with Kampala Capital City Authority for market vendors. As per the president’s directive, he requested that market vendors all over the country remain at their places of work for the next 42 days as one of the measures […]
Police in a Joint operations with the Ministry of Health have recovered over 600 dosages of Astra Zaneca, a vaccine for Covid-19 from three pharmacies in Kampala city. The operation in which 10 suspects were also arrested was conducted this weekend by Crime Intelligence after a tip off from a whistleblower who reported to the […]
Uganda has recorded 1083 COVID-19 cases, the highest in a single since the outbreak in March 2020. Results of COVID-19 tests done on 01 June 2021 confirm 1,083 new cases. The cumulative confirmed cases are 49,759. The breakdown of the new cases are: 1,074 contacts and Alerts: Kampala (832) Wakiso (101) Lira (22) Luwero (20) […]
As he begins his new term in office, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will this Saturday address the nation over soaring cases of Covid-19. The address comes as second wave of the pandemic threaten health system in the country. For the last one week, cases have been soaring and all ICU both in Mulago and Entebbe […]
