covid-19

A section of legislators is concerned about the distribution and potency of the recently acquired doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Kassanda North MP, Hon. Patrick Nsamba wondered whether the vaccine will be distributed to the high-risk…

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga spent Thursday night in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 at a city hospital. Mr Odinga is battling the virus at The Nairobi Hospital where he was admitted on Tuesday after…

The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has today received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as Uganda launched the vaccination against the deadly COVID-19 virus. The launch was held at the Specialised Women and Neonatal…

Kenya’s Daily Nation has today reported that an African leader is admitted at a Nairobi hospital, reportedly struggling to recover from COVID-19. Nation does not identify the leader, who is said to be on a ventilator, but goes ahead to…

The government has decided to allow learners in semi-candidate classes to resume studies on March 1, 2021, President Museveni has said. “After carefully analysing the Covid-19 situation, we have now decided to open for the next candidate…

President Museveni has rubbished suggestions of mediation between him and the Opposition. “Imagine some people have been coming here that they want to mediate between me and the Opposition. Mediate what? I do not want any mediation.…

The minister of ICT and National Guidance Judith Nabakooba has said it is only the president who will announce when the education sector will be fully re-opened. This comes on the heels of reports by some news outlets that cited some…

A Cross-section of leaders have mourned the passing on of Second Deputy Prime Minister Kirunda Kivejinja due to Covid-19 at the Mulago National Referral Hospital where he had been admitted for over one month. Prime Minister Ruhakana…

Tanzania has signalled that it is not intending to use any Covid-19 vaccine but instead will settle on local herbs for protection against the disease. Speaking to the EastAfrican Gerald Chamii, a spokesman at the Ministry of Health said,…

"For we believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him." 1st Thessalonians 4:14. Brigadier General Emmy Mulindwa who has been the Acting Deputy Chief of…