Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Institutes for Health (NIH) has embarked on a new phase III study where they are testing the effectiveness of three drugs that help to activate, boost, or restore normal immune function after the virus has damaged the immune system. These drugs are also …
Read More »U.S. equities post modest weekly gains amid stimulus uncertainty, economic data
New York, UK | Xinhua | Wall Street’s major averages eked out modest gains in the week as investors monitored updates about a U.S. coronavirus stimulus bill, while poring through a batch of key economic data. For the week ending Friday, the Dow inched up 0.1 percent, the S&P 500 rose …
Read More »Trump, Biden attack each other in dueling town halls over coronavirus
Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden held competing town halls at the same time on Thursday night via different TV networks, attacking each other over issues ranging from the pandemic response, the QAnon conspiracy theory to the Supreme Court expanding. Answering questions …
Read More »Herd immunity won’t defeat COVID-19
Studies have shown that our immunity to coronaviruses is alarmingly short-lived and quick to fade COMMENT | WILLIAM A. HASELTINE | During a September 15 ABC News “town hall”-style event, U.S. President Donald Trump told host George Stephanopoulos that without a vaccine, COVID-19 would still “go away.” Over time, Trump …
Read More »Trump claims he is “immune” from coronavirus
WASHINGTON,USA | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that he is now “immune” from the coronavirus, though medical research has suggested it is possible to be reinfected with the virus. “It seems like I’m immune, so I can go way out of a basement,” Trump said in …
Read More »Ugandan from UK evicts own children after return
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Santo Omona, a Ugandan UK based Businessman has evicted his own family in Gulu shortly after he returned home during the corona virus global pandemic. Omona reportedly left home a wife and five children in 2000 at Obiya West in Gulu West Division on …
Read More »Six more inmates in Rubanda prison test positive for Covid19
Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six more inmates in Rubanda government prison in Rubanda district have tested positive for Covid19. This comes days after another inmate at the same facility tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The Rubanda District Health Officer, Dr. Abdon Birungi, says that after registering the …
Read More »Over 50 Anglican churches in Kalangala to remain closed for failure to comply with SOPs
Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of Anglican churches on Ssese Islands in Kalangala district are to remain closed because of failure to abide by the standard operating procedures-SOPs to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. Rev. Abraham Lubega Kisakye, the head of the training department in Namirembe Diocese …
Read More »Mental health challenge for re-opening school
Students, teachers return with post-COVID lockdown problems Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Schools are scheduled to re-open on Oct. 15, for some 1.2 million learners who are in their final year of their respective levels of formal education. But as school administrators and parents continue mulling over how to …
Read More »770 students test positive in major coronavirus outbreak at UK university
London, England | XINHUA | A total of 770 students have tested positive for coronavirus in a British university in one of the major outbreaks in Britain since the reopening of the campuses in September, a university spokesperson said Friday. The spokesperson for Northumbria University, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, …
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