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Proteas batsman Faf du Plessis has been taken to hospital after a nasty collision with Quetta Gladiators team-mate Mohammad Husnain during a Pakistan Super League match.
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 West Indies' vulnerable batting was again exploited by South Africa with the home side routed for 149 in reply to the Proteas' first innings total of 298 at stumps on the second day of the second Test.
On June 3rd, Concerned Citizens, a group formed by five DC organizers, attracted thousands marching through Capitol Hill.
The organizers include Ty Hobson-Powell a DC Community Organizer currently leading the charge for DC Statehood and a Spring 12 initiate of the Durham Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Seun Babalola, a Root 25 Young Futurist Awardee who has worked with LeBron James on social justice and a Fall 2018 initiate of the Gamma Nu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and Aalayah Eastmond, a Parkland Survivor, Congressional speaker, and Team Enough organizer.
Rounding out their core group are Tylik McMillan, a Policy Advisor for Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and a Spring 18 initiate of the Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Kyra Stephenson-Valley a Policy Advisor for Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and a Fall 13 initiate of the Lambda Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Micah Scott, a DC organizer.
The group then collaborated with 30 other activists and organizers around the DC area to form a list of demands, then took to the streets protesting in a way that brought the entire community together.
“We are simply concerned citizens of Washington, DC,” their list of demands stated.
Proteas captain Quinton de Kock said he and his players felt a responsibility to ensure future tours of SA can take place by adhering to Covid-19 protocols.
Kaizer Chiefs are through to the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League, and that’s mission accomplished for Hunt and his technical team.
California Rep Maxine Waters' sister died from coronavirus at a Missouri nursing home where staffers have staged protests against poor conditions.
Velma Moody, 86, succumbed to the virus at Grand Manor Nursing Home in St Louis on May 1.
'I'm going to take a moment to dedicate this legislation to my dear sister who is dying in a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri right now, infected by the coronavirus,' Waters said.
'The nursing home is the only place we have for many of our seniors, many of whom have outlived their families,' Waters told the outlet.
Herring then tested positive for coronavirus in early April, but did not show any virus symptoms until 11 days later.
Vodacom Business Africa said on Monday that it is expanding its footprint into the Middle East by providing connectivity to partners and clients in 12 countries in the region.
