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by Glen Ellis (TriceEdneyWire.com)—The harsh reality of COVID-19 is that everyone is not going to take the vaccine. Don’t get me wrong, this is not an encouragement for anyone to not get the vaccine. I’m just looking at the reality of what we are facing as we fight our way out of this pandemic. While … Continued
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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.
[Monitor] Finance minister Matia Kasaija was last night on the defensive following accusations that he irregularly dangled a top government job to secure the exit of his opponent in a parliamentary contest.
[Nation] The Kirinyaga county government has stepped up its war against the Covid-19 pandemic with the launch of an accelerated prevention campaign against the disease.
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Ministry of Education has recommended that basic and secondary schools reopen, especially the eighth-grade of basic schools and the third-grade of secondary schools. The opening of the schoolyear was postponed in September because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marcia Fudge will be nominated as the next Housing and Urban Development Secretary.
By Joseph G. Phillips, Sports Editor The Chicago Crusader Newspaper The Chicago Bulls look to kick off their 2020-2021 NBA season on Wednesday, December 23, against their Eastern Conference opponents the Atlanta Hawks, with a starting lineup featuring Coby White, Zach LaVine, Otto Porter Jr., Wendell Carter Jr., and Lauri Markkanen. The Bulls will face […]
[Nation] Dr Stephen Mogusu continued to serve patients under the most horrible conditions - working long hours and without a salary for several months - dreaming, like thousands of fellow frontline workers across the country, of a better day.
[New Era] Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) chief executive officer, Theo Grunewald, says the financial grants that will soon be coming from the continental rugby governing body Rugby Africa will be used for various developmental projects.
As vice president-elect
[This Day] The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, on Tuesday, signed a new partnership to strengthen the capacity of the Africa CDC to prepare for and respond to public health threats in Africa.
[Cameroon Tribune] The General Manager of \"Banque Centrale Populaire du Maroc,\" Kamal Mokdad, met with Finance Minister, Louis Paul Motaze, in Yaounde on December 7, 2020.
‘The Oil Lady’ to open new store location
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[This Day] The federal government yesterday expressed its readiness to open talks with the United States for the delisting of Nigeria from the religious freedom blacklist.
[East African] Value for money is the name of the game for travel within Kenya during the Covid-19 pandemic. When containment measures in the Nairobi metropolitan area were lifted in July 2020, Kenyan families took the opportunity to go on holiday after three months of confinement. Now hotels and travel companies are looking ahead to the festive season.
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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[East African] Kenya's national carrier Kenya Airways is seeking to play a role in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in Africa.
TENS OF thousands of adults will be able to benefit from almost 400 free courses...
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Commentary: Holiday meals can be healthy as well as satisfying
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The coronavirus COVID-19 is surging in the U.S., which has reported more than 15 million cases and 286,000 deaths from the virus since the pandemic began, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. President-elect Joe Biden has said the incoming administration will ensure the country will have 100 million doses available during his first […]
[Monitor] Health centres and hospitals across the country are running out of space for covid-19 patients as cases keep surging, Daily Monitor investigations reveals.
LOCAL Government Minister Desmond McKenzie warned yesterday that the authorities will be targeting illegal events that have been advertised for the festive season, in clear breach of the Disaster Risk Management Order.He told the House of Representatives that among the events is one dubbed 'Shut Yu Mouth Wid Yu likkle Bit a Money', set for Club Eutopia in Bull Bay, St Andrew, today. He said the police have been alerted about the event.
Commentary: A vaccine approaches as COVID-19 numbers increase
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Milwaukee, WI — Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and Homeland Security, chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), held a hearing featuring the testimony of Dr. Jane M. Orient. She is the executive director of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons, a small fringe group of doctors that has expressed numerous controversial […]
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