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The Ministry of Education Technological and Vocational Training has confirmed that a student from the Princess Margaret Secondary School and one from the Ann Hill School have tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement issued tonight, the Ministry said contact tracing has started at the Princess Margaret Secondary School and “all persons have tested negative.” […]
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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 IEC is conducting by-elections in 95 wards across the country on Wednesday.
Three Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries have registered deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, while others that have not registered cases in recent months, are now doing so.
Thirty-seven persons in the public school dorms across Guyana have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
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A fifty-one-year-old man from Region Four was reported by the Ministry of Health (MoH) to have died yesterday as a result of COVID-19.
The article Region Four man, 51, is 65th COVID fatality appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Increasingly among development practitioners is an awareness of the cultural and social context of interventions and the impacts of these on outcomes of policies and actions.
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[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopian Airlines has received today two of the 10 new Airbus A350-900 it ordered in 2017, bringing the total number of its Airbus fleet to 16.
DRIVE-THROUGH DISTRIBUTION AT GREYNOLDS PARK: Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sally Heyman and Feeding South Florida will host a drive-through food distribution on Friday, May 15, starting 9 a.m. at Greynolds Park, 18501 NE 22nd Ave., North Miami Beach.
DRIVE-THROUGH DISTRIBUTION AT MIAMI DADE NORTH CAMPUS: Miami Dade College and Farm Share join County Commissioner Jean Monestime and School Board Member Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall for a free drive-through food distribution on Saturday, May 16 from 9 a.m. to noon at Miami Dade North Campus, 11380 NW 27th Ave., Miami.
The Palm Beach County Library System’s annual celebration runs throughout the month (visit MIAMI VIRTUAL CLASSROOM VISITS: In order to enrich virtual classrooms during the pandemic, Zoo Miami Foundation’s Learning Experiences department is visiting a minimum of 100 virtual classrooms through Zoo Miami Virtual Classroom Visits through June 3, made possible by a grant from Publix Charities.
Any Liberty Square resident in need of financial assistance for post-secondary education (college or trade school) can apply at BEACH COUNTY FOOD FINDER MAP: As the leader of the countywide Hunger Relief Plan, the United Way has launched the Palm Beach County Food Finder map to streamline the community’s hunger relief efforts and quickly connect residents seeking food resources with nearby sites providing free food, hot meals, and affordable produce.
In the meantime, visit cultureshockmiami.com/online for online experiences and learning opportunities throughout Miami-Dade County: For updates on COVID19, visit GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: United Way of Miami-Dade just launched a program that is part of their broader Miami Pandemic Response Fund.
Deaths from the coronavirus pandemic continue to affect Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries and some regional states are again urging its nationals to comply with the various measures and protocols aimed at curbing the spread of the disease.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has already spent $4 billion of the $5.6 billion it was allocated to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, which has so far claimed 77 lives and infected 5,588 Jamaicans. Permanent Secretary Dunstan Bryan said the $4...
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry is looking to launch a Community COVID Conversation Programme.\tHe said the initiative, which would incorporate youth leaders, aims to educate persons in communities...
[The Herald] Bodies can be buried outside the city or town of death, and repatriation of Zimbabweans for burial will continue, but under strict health protocols, Government clarified yesterday.
