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Uganda: Govt Shuts Down Schools, Worship Centres to Tame Covid-19
Nation, 6 June 2021
The Ugandan government on Sunday closed down schools and worship centres and suspended public gatherings for six weeks to fight a new wave of Covid-19. Read more »
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Uganda: Museveni Delivers His State of the Nation Address
Monitor, 4 June 2021
A s President Museveni unveils his 6th term agenda in the State-of-the-Nation-Address today, Ugandans across the political spectrum have listed a dozen "strategic bottlenecks"… Read more »
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Uganda: Covid-19 Vaccination - 200,000 Doses Remaining
Monitor, 3 June 2021
At least 69.7 per cent of the donated 964,000 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines have already been used as of Monday amid high demand for the jab. Read more »
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Uganda: Covid-19 Spurs Uganda to Suspend Flights From India
VOA, 1 May 2021
Uganda has suspended all flights coming into the country from India after recording new variants of the coronavirus, including the COVID-19 variant from India. Read more »
New Measures to Slow Rapid Spread of Covid-19 in Uganda
The Ugandan government has closed down schools and worship centres and suspended public gatherings for six weeks. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says the measures are meant to cushion the country from a new wave of Covid-19, which has included all the new variants from South Africa, India and the UK.
Uganda reported 1,259 new cases out of 7,289 samples tested on 05 June, bringing the total cases to 52,935. There have been 383 deaths overall and some 634 cases are currently hospitalised in the country. The president also suspended public gatherings including political meetings, except for cabinet sittings and emergency government committees including those of parliament.
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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The government's plan to procure 18 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to cater for nine million Ugandans seems to have come at a heavier price than first thought. The costing of ... Read more »
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