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By Kareem Smith One of the Caribbean’s largest nonalcoholic beverage manufacturers is proposing a tiered tax system to replace the “disproportionate” and blanketed 20 per cent tax on sugar-sweetened beverages imposed at the start of the month. Director of SM Jaleel Beverages Barbados Dr. Mikaeel Mohammed, whose company reduced the sugar content in its beverages […]
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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.
President Donald Trump is taking a ‘glass half full’ approach to the coronavirus pandemic. The United States COVID-19 death toll... View Article
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Health is important for the development of any nation. In essence, health and development are symbiotic hybrids. guest column:Johannes Marisa So many people have lost confidence in the public health system in Zimbabwe with the private medical sector also being blamed for exorbitant charges which are beyond the reach of many. Many people blame the government for lack of hospital equipment, medicines and sundries that are required for a robust health service delivery. In 2007, World Health Organisation (WHO) came up with a framework describing health systems in terms of six core components or building blocks and these are leadership, medicines, health workforce, information systems, financing and service delivery. The Health and Child Care deputy minister, John Mangwiro, on Sunday at a Kadoma conference for private medical practitioners pointed out that the popularity of Karanda Mission Hospital was because of the attitude of its staff. I visited Karanda at one time, the reception even from the gate keeper was warming, the receptionists were always smiling, nurses and doctors were always mingling with patients in a jovial way. In contrast, government hospitals were labelled death traps. We need to know the other side of the coin if we are to unearth the real cause of public hospital service disintegration in our beautiful country. A lot of people have often rushed to blame the government or the Health ministers for the poor service being offered at some government hospitals. What I witnessed on Sunday at Chegutu Hospital exposes preventable staff failure. Some of these hospitals are dying today because of maladministration, poor attitude and being inconsiderate on the part of medical staff. If a hospital like Chegutu District Hospital, which is along a major highway, is allowed to run without emergency preparedness yet we are approaching the festive season, then our country is doomed. The events I am narrating will tell you who to blame for some of the medical mishaps in a lot of public hospitals. Bad attitude, maladministration, arrogance, lack of consideration and empathy have slaughtered our health sector. An accident occurred on Sunday just 7 kilometres after Chegutu Hospital. Two people lost their lives and the injured were rushed to Chegutu Hospital. When we got to the scene of the accident on our way from a conference in Kadoma, it was already 2 hours after the incident. My sixth sense told me to drive back to Chegutu Hospital to check on the state of the survivors. Upon arrival in the casualty department, we introduced ourselves and then asked for gloves, suture material and other things to use because the three patients were groaning in pain and two of them were bleeding from lacerations. To my surprise, the following is what we discovered: • The injured were yet to be attended to, three hours after the accident • There was no single pair of gloves available • There were no available suture packs, what was only available was vicryl, an absorbable suture • No surgical blade • No painkillers for emergency cases
Supreme Ventures has launched its latest sales channel, Supa Sellaz, which will provide expanded reach for the company's over 1200 retail terminals across Jamaica.
By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain's foreign minister said Thursday that negotiations on a trade deal with the European Union will reach a 'moment of finality' this weekend, with both sides assessing chances of an agreement as slim. To prepare for a possible no-deal exit on Jan. 1, the EU on Thursday proposed four contingency measures to make sure air and road traffic can continue as smoothly as possible for the next six months. It also proposes that fishermen will still have access to each others waters for up to a year, to limit […]
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In an effort to further public dialogue on penal reform across the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has invited international experts and local thought leaders to offer their views on major issues that need to be addressed in order to improve correctional outcomes.
The article Socioeconomic instability and adult deviant behaviours appeared first on Stabroek News.
[Dalsan Radio] Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has met with his counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday at IGAD Summit in Djibouti.
[Swazi Media] King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini) is reportedly set to grab more than 90 percent of the shares in some of the kingdom's prestigious hotels.
Commentary: Skipping Christmas
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UNITED NATIONS (CMC) - Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries have supported a United Nations draft resolution on sustainable fisheries, as delegates reflected on how the novel coronavirus pandemic derailed what the UN said should have been a watershed year for international action on the world's oceans.
[Nation] Two days after Félix Tshisekedi's speech announcing the end of the coalition, the standoff continues in the National Assembly between, on the one hand, the office of the chamber of parliament and the deputies of Cape Town for change (CACH), and on the other hand, the supporters of President Felix Tshisekedi and those of former leader Joseph Kabila.
The darkest moment in the Western Cape's fight against COVID-19 took place on Saturday, with 4 602 people testing positive in a single day.
(Reuters) - Bermuda and The Bahamas aren’t exactly big players in the oil-and-gas world.
The article How oil majors shift billions in profits to island tax havens appeared first on Stabroek News.
[IPS] New York -- Education is not a privilege. It is a fundamental human right. Yet, education is undervalued even at the best of times. We often fail to connect the dots between the right to education and the realization of all human rights. As noted by the Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen, we have failed to give 'this massive potential in transforming human lives' the attention it deserves.
When Dr. Deborah Birx was brought into President Donald Trump’s orbit to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, shehad a sterling... View Article
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[Monitor] Government has cleared Chinese Community of Liao Shen Industrial Park to import 4,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine (Vero Cell) into the country for their own use.
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SANDY BAY, Hanover - Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic Chukka Adventures attractions, including its new nature adventure park in Hanover, Ocean Outpost at Sandy Bay which was officially reopened last week following the first phase of a US$3-million renovation, is now attracting a record number of fun-seeking locals.
I have a precious but dwindling jar of dried Guyanese salted seabob that I save to use sparingly in my cooking.
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As a girl growing up, Deborah Barrow-Graham could argue a point very well whether at home or at debate competitions at the schools she attended.
The article Best Guyanese law grad sets sight on int’l trade practice appeared first on Stabroek News.
… proliferation of either Caribbean- or African-American doctors in the region. Most … . It is believed that more Black Americans would be willing to take …
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and RYAN FOLEY Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed at a safe remove from the outbreak. In Boise, Idaho, public health officials about to vote on a four-county mask mandate abruptly ended a meeting Tuesday evening because of fears for their safety amid anti-mask protests outside the building and at some of their homes. One health board member tearfully announced she had to rush home to be […]
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Major Jamaican chicken producers are pressing the Government for 100 per cent inspection of all poultry imports in the wake of a damning report by the Integrity Commission citing fraud, duty evasion, and a permit process that lacks integrity and...
What is the allure of a palindrome?
The question lingered through much of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” which presents itself as a kind of filmic palindrome.
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[Monitor] Independent presidential candidate, John Katumba has promised to evict foreign investors growing rice and mining sand in Lwera swamp along Kampala-Masaka highway, arguing that such ventures can be undertaken by the locals.
