30 succumb to Covid in less than a week
Covid pandemic has ravaged the country’s economy and deformed people for more than two years.…
Category: Health
9 die in Uganda
Uganda: Out of the tally, nine new deaths were registered between January 13 and 14
‘Before he was told kuja hapa’, Kwania dad stood by his religion against polio jab
Kwania polio vaccine doses target 47,148 children from 427 villages, 51 parishes and 11 sub-counties.
Gulu City: Covid-19 takes blame as 11 teachers suffer from mental illness
“Gulu City has 1,300 teachers including head teachers in both government and private schools. 41 government primary schools, 7 secondary schools; 76 private schools and 4 tertiary institutions.”
Covid – Uganda: 3,378 have succumbed, over 160 admitted
Uganda started its first mass vaccination campaign almost a year ago and to date, 12,220,106 vaccine doses have been given.
National house-to-house polio immunization campaign starts Friday – MoH
In August 2021, Uganda confirmed an outbreak of polio – 14 years after the country was declared “polio free” in 2006.
Data shows Covid-19 has penetrated ‘cities, upcountry towns and villages’
Data shows that of the 2,205,686 tests done, 152,778 have tested positive.
Africa’s cumulative Covid-19 cases to reach 10 million in coming days – WHO rep says
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, called for an urgent acceleration of Covid-19 vaccination across Africa to save lives
Covid-19: 19,413 cases registered in last 14 days – Minister Aceng
To date, 10,315,951 of the 22 million priority persons have received the first doses and 2,236,544 are vaccinated using Johnson and Johnson against Covid-19.
Studies suggest why Omicron spares the lungs
Dr Gupta suspects that his team’s new data give a molecular explanation for why Omicron doesn’t fare so well in the lungs.
Why some eased Covid-19 measures could be reversed – Museveni
At the beginning of last year, Uganda’s target was to vaccinate 22 million Ugandans from 18 years against Covid-19.
Covid-19: Northern Uganda records 49 new cases
Seven districts in northern Uganda have recorded a total of 49 new infections according to the latest update.