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Government Slashes Covid-19 Test Charges

Travellers coming in and out of the country shall now pay an approximate fee of sh108,000 (US$30) for COVID-19 mandatory testing. The drop in charges comes after Government on Wednesday announced to take over the testing exercise from…

Uganda Orders for 18 Million Covid-19 Doses

Uganda has placed an order of 18 million doses of Sinopharm vaccines, Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the director-general of health services has said. According to the director, they have already signed a commitment letter with the COVAX facility to…

Uganda Resumes Covid-19 Vaccination

The ministry of health has resumed vaccination against Covid-19. The exercise was meant to resume yesterday but there were delays in delivery of vaccines to vaccination points. “We are in the process of receiving more Covid-19…

Uganda’s Covid-19 Cases Continue to Drop

Uganda's COVID-19 positivity rate on Monday dropped to below seven percent for the first time in over six weeks. At the same time, the number of people admitted to hospital with COVID-19 fell to below 700 and fatalities due to the virus…