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Persons 60 years and older who have been fully vaccinated can apply for a $10,000 grant from the Government, Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke announced in Parliament on Tuesday. The initiative takes effect on July 15. But...
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
(Reuters) - Bermuda and The Bahamas aren’t exactly big players in the oil-and-gas world.
The article How oil majors shift billions in profits to island tax havens appeared first on Stabroek News.
This is what we know for sure – corona is taking a tremendous toll on our society and economy every single day.
AT least one public health expert has said that rather than being upset that many high-income countries have bilateral arrangements with the manufacturers of vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that causes COVID-19 - making them the first recipients in line, tourism-dependent territories like Jamaica should see it as a positive.
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel advocated tougher restrictions on public life Wednesday and pleaded with her compatriots to cut down on socializing as the country reported its highest single-day death toll of the coronavirus pandemic. Germany is gradually moving toward a tighter lockdown, at least for a limited period after Christmas, as new virus cases remain stubbornly high — and are even beginning to creep higher — despite a partial shutdown that started on Nov. 2. The national disease control center, the Robert Koch Institute, reported 590 deaths related to COVID-19 over the […]
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President-elect Joe Biden made two key domestic policy picks, selecting Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reprise that role in his administration, according to five people familiar with the decisions. The picks on Tuesday highlighted Biden’s delicate balancing act as he builds out his Cabinet, seeking to diversify […]
Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the expansion and refurbishment of Practical Instruction Centres in the Hopetown, Beterverwagting and Fellowship villages.
The article Tenders in for major expansion at practical instruction centres appeared first on Stabroek News.
[Nairobi News] Condolences messages by Deputy President William Ruto and Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua to the family of late Dr Stephen Mogusu, who died from Covid-19, was not well received by a section of Kenyans.
OSLO, Norway — More than 1,000 Norwegians have filed a lawsuit against their government over COVID-19 quarantine restrictions that prevent them from using their weekend homes in nearby Sweden. This is the first Scandinavian lawsuit aimed [...]
Opinion - Nana Akufo-Addo has won Ghana's presidential election in a relatively peaceful campaign. But the tranquility masks a morass of corruption and bad governance, says Ghanaian journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni.
On Monday (Dec 7), the soulful icon took to Twitter to dispel comments that her feisty tweets were that of a handler. After being dubbed the \"queen of Twitter,\" Warwick sent out a special message to the \"naysayers\" who had something to say about her online activity.
[HRW] Washington -- The World Bank's Covid-19 support project does not adequately address the Egyptian government's arrests and intimidation of health professionals, Human Rights Watch said today.
Urban Alliance, a national youth workforce development nonprofit, today announced that Margrit Allen will serve as the organization’s new Detroit Executive Director, leading regional strategy, partnerships, and operations to actively build the next generation of local talent. In 2018, Urban Alliance expanded its flagship High School Internship Program to Detroit, helping to prepare high … Continued
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[Africa In Fact] Abuja Declaration: broken promises
MINISTER of state in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn says Jamaicans accepting personal responsibility for protecting their own health is a major factor in overall wellness.Speaking at the opening of the Life Store Wellness Boutique on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew yesterday, the state minister said this is a necessary mindset that needs to be adopted, along with a change of lifestyles and habits.
It looks like the public's support for Obamacare is now at one of its highest points. Support for the controversial... View Article
The post Support for Obamacare back at record high, Gallup poll shows appeared first on TheGrio.
[WHO] WHO today launches a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 - \"Commit to Quit.\" The new WHO Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and publication \"More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco\" are being released today to mark the start of the campaign.
Voters must now hold all elected officials accountable on a wide array of issues including the issue of improving the telecom services offered to prisoners and their families.
According to the Public School Forum of North Carolina, 72 percent of Black and Brown students in the state’s public schools have parents who lack secure employment, compared with 21 percent of white students
The post The Challenges Black America Face with Distant and Virtual Learning During COVID-19 appeared first on Voice and Viewpoint.
[UN News] With so-called vaccine nationalism spreading \"with full speed\", the Secretary-General told a journalists, following the fourth annual African Union-UN conference, that the continent must be \"effectively supported\" to fight the pandemic everywhere.
Title: Victor Trammell for Your Black World | Photo credits: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
If confirmed by the Senate, General Lloyd J. Austin will be the first African American to lead the Pentagon.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci sat with Dr. Wayne Frederick, president of Howard University, and Ambrose Lane Jr. on behalf of the... View Article
The post Fauci: Time for Black community 'to put skepticism aside' about vaccine appeared first on TheGrio.
Going beyond the walls of the church is nothing new for Whole Man Ministries (WMM), but their work during the pandemic more than cemented their role in the community and is the major reason why they were selected as the Church of the Year for the Chronicle’s Community Service Awards.
The post Whole Man Ministries chosen as Church of the Year appeared first on WS Chronicle.
The best inventors often have a knack for turning problems into profits with an innovative, market-shattering product.
Cabbie in fatal Manchester crash granted bail Mandeville, Manchester: Taxi operator Kemar Fraser, who is facing charges of death by dangerous driving after an accident that claimed the life of 19-year-old Tajay Millard, was offered bail in the...
