Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Scientists have speculated that the compound polyethylene glycol, also known as PEG, could cause allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. company Pfizer and German company BioNTech, media reported. This comes after the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention identified six reports of …
Read More »Musician Eric Opoka agrees to improve Tumbiza song
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Musician Eric Opoka alias Eezzy has agreed to produce an improved version of the “Tumbiza sound” song to encourage observance of the Covid-19 standard operating procedures- SOPs. Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Health asked the Uganda Communications Commission-UCC to ban the song on grounds …
Read More »UBC agrees to give all presidential candidates free air space
‘We were already offering each candidate time weekly,’ says UBC Deputy MD Maurice Mugisha Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) has agreed to provide free airspace on their Television and Radios for all the Uganda Presidential candidates. Wilfred Senyange, the UBC spokesperson confirmed the development today. …
Read More »Medics want COVID-19 screening protocol revised
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers are calling for the revision of the screening protocol for COVID-19. They want the health ministry to remove screening for temperature. According to the medics, high temperature should not be the most relied upon symptom of COVID-19 because the majority of COIVD-19 positive …
Read More »Be prepared for another, more severe pandemic- WHO officials
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Senior officials of the World Health Organisation have warned that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, …
Read More »Health officials, leaders worry about surging COVID-19 cases in Kasese
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials and leaders in Kasese District are worried as cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the district continues to increase. Kasese district has over 826 accumulative cases and 26 deaths. They attribute the surge in COVID-19 cases to laxity in compliance to standard operating …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Why the Electoral Commission has suspended campaigns in COVID-19 high risk districts
📌 Museveni was due to campaign in: Dec 29 – Wakiso Dec 30 – Kampala Jan 12 – Kampala 📌 Tumukunde was due to campaign in: Dec 29 – Masaka Jan 6 – Jinja Jan 8 – Busiro & Nansana, Kampala Jan 9 – Kawempe & Rubaga, Kampala Jan 9 …
Read More »Egypt sees sudden spike in COVID-19 cases, 911 new infections reported
Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | The coronavirus spread has suddenly spiked in Egypt as the north African country reported 911 new COVID-19 infections and 42 deaths on Wednesday, said Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed. After this spike, total deaths reached 7,209 while infections hit 127,972, the minister told reporters …
Read More »Observe all Covid-19 SOPs while celebrating Christmas – Kabaka Mutebi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has urged his subjects and other Ugandans to strictly observe all the set Covid-19 guidelines as they celebrate Christmas. In his Christmas message, Kabaka Mutebi encourages Ugandans to follow all the guidance and directives given by medical …
Read More »Experts don’t know Uganda’s status regarding deadly new COVID-19 strain
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Covid-19 taskforce is now like an army fighting a war without intelligence services as for sometime now they have not been monitoring, classifying and sequencing which strains of coronavirus are circulating in the country. As such, the experts cannot tell even whether the …
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