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[The Herald] Herald Reporter
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.
[263Chat] The government has rejected Johnson and Johnson vaccines from the African Union citing lack of recommended cold chain capacity.
[The Conversation Africa] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently called for an accelerated global effort to distribute vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a welcome step because past official statements by world leaders have fallen short of delivering specific policies to reach desperate populations, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The latest experimental data show a 10 to 20% drop in the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against the new Mu variant, reported for the first time on January 2021 in Colombia and identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a \"variant of interest\", Virologist Amin Selim told TAP on Thursday.
Head of the Anglican Church in Jamaica and The Cayman Islands, Archbishop Howard Gregory, is seeking allay fears of COVID-19 vaccination among Christians, urging them to get inoculated. \tThe archbishop made the plea as he made...
Merck, the original manufacturer of ivermectin, has said there is not enough data available to support the use of the medication for Covid-19 patients.
For a country to have a robust health delivery system, there are six pillars that were recommended by the World Health Organisation
The post Health workforce retention urgently needed in Zimbabwe appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
[Daily News] IN a bid to address Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the country, Tobacco products will from now on be regulated by the Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA).
[The Herald] The new national dress was endorsed by President Mnangagwa who sees it fostering a sense of patriotism, national identity, sovereignty and pride among Zimbabweans.
[The Herald] Political activists and civic organisations sponsored by the MDC Alliance to engage in illegal demonstrations dubbed \"The Winter Jest\" over the Independence Day weekend have been told that security services are on high alert and will enforce all the laws, including the Covid-19 anti-gathering health regulations.
The destruction of 19 610 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine was a publicised event.
By Angelique V. Nixon & Alissa Trotz
Angelique V. Nixon is a Bahamas-born, Trinidad-based writer, scholar and activist.
The article COVID-19 Crisis and Vaccine Inequity: Caribbean Perspectives appeared first on Stabroek News.
Just ahead of the Easter holiday weekend, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has eased some of the state's coronavirus restrictions to allow more people at social gatherings, entertainment venues, sports events and graduations.
The post Virginia Eases COVID Restrictions Ahead of Holiday appeared first on The Washington Informer.
World Cancer Day raises awareness of the global impact of cancer and increase understanding of prevention, detection, treatment and care.
The number of new positive Covid-19 cases is steadily decreasing, Health Minister Joe Phaahla has said. However, the country still has some way to go before infection numbers stabilise.
[East African] A waiver on patents and other intellectual property-related rights to Covid-19 drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and other technologies -- lasting the duration of the pandemic -- has been delayed by at least nine developed countries.
[Monitor] The world's population, years over, has been affected by a number of viral diseases such a Ebola and Influenza which, in some cases, have caused millions of deaths.
...dons warn FG against mass vaccination plan
• Reps set to revisit bill mandating vaccines for Nigerians
• FG places six-month ban on 100 travel...
By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press ELMWOOD, Neb. (AP) — Danny Rice has a good sense of how dangerous the coronavirus can be. What puzzles him are the people who have curtailed so much of their lives to avoid being infected by the virus. 'I'm not going out and looking to catch it,' he said, sitting at a cluttered desk in his auto repair shop in the tiny eastern Nebraska community of Elmwood. 'I don't want to catch it. But if I get it, I get it. That's just how I feel.' Plenty of people agree with Rice, and health experts […]
The post Surging virus cases get a shrug in many Midwestern towns appeared first on Black News Channel.
[Nairobi News] Deputy President William Ruto's itinerary for the next month is certain to offer an interesting alternative schedule after he announced on Friday the suspension of all public engagements citing concerns of the surge of Covid-19 cases in the country.
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said enough workers have been vaccinated for the Prime Minister to reopen more businesses.
She addressed the issue in a statement on Friday headlined, We must save our retail and service sectors.
\"The Rowley Government’s continued forced lockdown of our retail and service sectors without a clear plan going forward is unacceptable and tyrannical.\"
She said while lockdown measures had been needed at the start of the covid19 pandemic to contain the infection, flatten the curve and prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed, a year later and after much financial hardship endured by citizens, the current lockdown was not working.
\"Covid infections have not slowed, and the harsh restrictions have led to thousands of businesses closing their doors permanently.
\"Rowley says he is balancing lives and livelihoods, but lives and livelihoods are one and the same.
\"If thousands of people can no longer pay their rent, their mortgage or buy food for their families, our nation will soon be facing an enormous social disaster.\"
She dubbed the Government \"the most economically ignorant administration in our history,\" alleging Rowley did not recognise that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make up 85 per cent of all registered businesses and generate over a quarter of Trinidad and Tobago's GDP.
Persad-Bissessar said everyone was facing this crisis together, yet Rowley and his financiers behaved as if they existed in an exclusive part of TT shielded from the rest of society.
\"Let me be clear, if our economy sinks, everyone, regardless of political affiliation, class or race is going to sink with it.
\"At least one business group has indicated that retail businesses are fully prepared to restart, given that approximately 60 per cent of workers in the sector have been vaccinated, and they have already implemented health protocols.\"
She urged Rowley to take urgent steps to re-open this vital sector where almost 80,000 jobs were at stake.
\"We must act now to preserve jobs and the economic stability of TT,\" Persad-Bissessar concluded.
The post Persad-Bissessar: Reopen, save businesses, jobs appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Ministry of Health says that about 10,000 cataract surgeries were performed across the country in 2019, a milestone that fell sharply to only 5,000 interventions as result of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
