Mukono; Ugandans should go and get the COVID-19 Vaccine and focus on prevention rather than hoping for a cure for the dreaded disease that is ravaging other parts of the world. The Assistant District Health Officer of Mukono District, Dr. Isaac Ddumba today urged Ugandans to embrace the COVID-19 vaccination exercise and not to relax their […]
Dubai, UAE; In the run up to World Health Day (7 April), Emirates SkyCargo has become the first airline cargo carrier in the world to have transported more than 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on its flights. The carrier has also transported more than 100 tonnes of syringes across the world to support the […]
Beginning of global rollout means that, as readiness criteria are met and doses produced, vaccines will be shipped to Facility participants on a rolling basis Geneva/New York/Oslo – Today, Ghana became the first country outside India to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility. This is a historic step towards our goal to ensure […]
UK has provided £548 million to help developing countries access vaccines through COVAX UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday called for local ceasefires across the globe so vulnerable people living in conflict zones can be vaccinated against Covid-19. He said this while chairing a meeting of the UN Security Council and urged members to unite […]
New York: Renewing global confidence in vaccines, addressing challenges to youth mental health and wellbeing, fighting discrimination, tackling climate change, and bridging the digital divide are the biggest opportunities for children that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented the international community, UNICEF’s Executive Director Henrietta Fore said in her annual open letter today. In the letter, released […]
Kampala: In response to the Government of Uganda’s request for the private sector to support in the fight against COVID 19, Uganda Breweries Limited in partnership with Nile Breweries Limited have contributed UGX 60 Million worth of medical equipment for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Mulago National Referral Hospital. The contribution that was handed over to […]
Dubai, UAE, – Under the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai today launched the Vaccine Logistics Alliance to speed up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world through the emirate. In support of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) COVAX […]
The Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP) COVID-19 Task Force has issued an advisory for factories and businesses to stop the use of registration books at their premises as this exposes more people to contracting COVID-19. The advisory accompanies a Ministry of Health Public Notice prohibiting Ugandans from signing condolence books at funeral services. The KIBP […]
The Second Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Ali Kirunda Kivejinja has breathed his last on Saturday. The Veteran politician has been hospitalised at Mulago Hospital for a month. The veteran politician has died of COVID-19 complications. His death comes a day after another politician and legislator and Kyotera Woman MP Robinah Ssentongo died of the […]
Diva Cindy Sanyu aka Cinderella has said no one has the right to come and encourage spread of infectious disease in her country. In the wake of Ddungu Resort Munyonyo concert over the weekend which has led to the charging of Nigerian singer Omah, Cindy insists the Nigerian star should have performed and encourage the […]
