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FOLLOWING 42 RECOVERIES, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES IS 1988.
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.
The American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) today donated two containers of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) valued at over US$90,000.\tThe items include 20,000 KN95 masks, disposable gowns, 32,825...
Effective immediately, Jamaica has banned all flights from the United Kingdom for a period of two weeks, ending January 4, 2021.
\tHowever, flights arriving over the next 24 hours and outbound flights to the UK will be allowed up to midnight Tuesday, December 22.
The St James Parish Court will be closed today for deep cleaning of the building after a member of staff tested positive for COVID-19.\tOperations are expected to resume tomorrow, Friday, March 5.\tPersons with matters before the court, who may be...
WESTERN BUREAU: The Lay Magistrates’ Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) is fuming over the wanton public disregard for coronavirus safety measures and has called for a change in attitude. February has seen record infections and hospitalisations for...
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Tuesday announced that her Indian counterpart has agreed to give Barbados 100,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
Pushing aggressively for herd immunity in Jamaica within the new fiscal year, the Holness administration announced on Tuesday a $60-billion allocation aimed at purchasing COVID-19 vaccines and dedicated to social and economic recovery under an...
Press Release:- The Ministry of Health and Wellness has noted a total of 5, 652 cases diagnosed in country from March 2020 to present and 89 deaths (62 COVID-19 deaths and 27 COVID-19 related deaths). Over the last 14 days, 142 new cases were noted and we have 168 active cases in country. The daily infection rate for the past week was 5.8 per 100,000 per day and an average of 10.6 cases per day. The Ministry of Health and Wellness is working to strengthen the public health system in anticipation of increased cases. We are also preparing for the
Press Release:- Today Monday September 6, 2021 the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs confirms a total of 42 new cases of COVID-19. These cases were processed on Sunday September 5, 2021 at the Ezra Long Laboratory from a batch of 78 samples. These new cases bring the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 9191. The Ministry of Health also reports one new COVID-19 death and one new COVID-19 related death. To date, the total number of COVID-19 deaths in country is 85 and the total number of COVID-19 related deaths is 33. COVID-19 death #85
The President was guarded about when the next national address would be, but said discussions were ongoing to assess the effectiveness of the current lockdown restrictions.
[Monitor] The Ministry of Health is set to distribute 46,000 beds to all referral and general hospitals by the end of this month.
Two more COVID-19 fatalities were yesterday reported along with 24 new cases of the virus.
The article Two women die from COVID, 24 new cases reported appeared first on Stabroek News.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Confirmed new cases of covid-19 in Angola amounted to 108, three deaths and 101 recoveries in the last 24 hours, health officials have reported.
New rapid COVID-19 testing facility opening in Wrigleyville By Mark Rivera and ABC 7 Chicago Digital Team Illinois surpassed Thursday one million total COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Health officials reported 8,757 and 177 deaths Thursday. The total number of cases in Illinois now stands at 1,008,045, with a total of 17,272 deaths, […]
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- The Auditor General should institute a forensic audit into all Covid-19 expenditures to ascertain value for money, the Parliamentary Task Force on the national Covid-19 response has recommended.
Over 5000 government officials will be among the first group of Jamaicans to be given COVID-19 vaccines.\tThe first batch of vaccines is expected to arrive in the country this week, to kick-start phase one of the vaccination plan.\tAt least...
[The Herald] Zimbabwe reported 21 more Covid-19 deaths and 820 new cases yesterday as the pandemic continues to tear across the country.
Schools will remain closed to face-to-face learning this month and while the Education Ministry is eying the possible resumption of in-school learning after the Easter Holiday, the decision would ultimately rest on further advice from the Ministry of Health on the success of its ongoing COVID-19 immunisation campaign.
The article Resumption of in-class learning to hinge on success of COVID vaccination rollout appeared first on Stabroek News.
[New Times] The CARAES Ndera Neuropsychiatric Hospital has raised concerns over its patients who continue to face transportation challenges since the government imposed a strict ban on inter-district movements and those to and from the City of Kigali.
[New Dawn] By Lewis S. Teh & Intern Kruah Thompson
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Trinidad and Tobago yesterday launched a new initiative aimed at luring tourist to the oil-rich two-island republic, with officials indicating there were airlines that have expressed interest in flying to the country in the post-coronavirus era.
A public service vehicle driver has tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) are advising passengers who travelled on route taxi ZR 85 anytime between Monday, August 23, and Sunday, August 29, and came into close contact with the driver, to […]
The post Passengers on route taxi asked to go for COVID-19 tests appeared first on Barbados Today.
