COVID-19 Updates

Rome, Italy | Xinhua | Group of 20 (G20) nations are facing growing pressure over demand to offer poor nations more COVID-19 vaccines As the leaders gathered to discuss plans to protect against future pandemics, health experts and activists expressed concerns that the world’s richest nations were still not doing enough …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Most U.S. cities and states have been strenuously pushing through the vaccine mandate advocated by the federal government in efforts to contain the 19-month-long COVID-19 pandemic, though sectoral resistence still persists for various reasons, which deprives the battle of much-needed coherence and unison and drags …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority-NDA has announced that unvaccinated staff and visitors will no longer be allowed to access its offices. According to a statement released on Monday, effective November 15, only persons vaccinated with AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Sinovac or Sinopharm vaccines will …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for vaccine equity and continued vigilance against the coronavirus as global COVID-19 deaths exceeded 5 million. “Today, the human family crosses a painful new threshold: 5 million lives lost to COVID-19,” he said in a statement. “This devastating milestone …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tertiary institutions on Monday turned away Covid-19 unvaccinated students. The institutions opened their gates to students after months of closure following the outbreak of Covid-19. At Kyambogo University, as early as 7:00am, students and staff started arriving at the different gates of the institution, only …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP, the party with the largest number of opposition legislators has said it is going to defy the Deputy Speaker’s order banning all unvaccinated people from accessing parliament. Last week, Anita Among, the deputy speaker said that nobody including MPs, support staff …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have failed to access their online COVID-19 vaccination certificates. Following the forgery of COVID-19 vaccination cards and the use of fake vaccines, the Health Ministry launched an online portal through, which those vaccinated can check …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday proposed that the Group of 20 (G20) countries should solve as soon as possible the problem of mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination certificates. Not all countries in need can obtain access to vaccines and other vital resources …

  Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight positive Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Wagagai Gold Mining Refinery in Busia district. Two are casual labourers working in the refinery while six are Chinese nationals are managers. Wagagai Gold Mining refinery is a Chinese gold firm that covers over 300 …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities in Gulu have warned of a likely surge in COVID-19 cases as a result of community laxity and non-adherence to standard operating procedures. The Ministry of Health guidelines require all adults to wear face masks while in public or crowded places, use hand sanitisers, …