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BOGOTA, (Reuters) - Highly-trained Colombian soldiers left at a loose end after retirement have frequently been tempted by opportunities to ply their trade abroad as private military contractors from Iraq to Yemen, military officials and experts said yesterday.
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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.
[Dalsan Radio] Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has on Galmudug authorities and security agencies to speedy investigations into the killing of the military officials that were killed last week.
[Nation] The Ballon d'Or inspires us. The Laureus Sports Awards excite us. For one day every end of season, sports enthusiasts focus on the achievements, hard work, pain, glory, and defeats recorded throughout the season. This year, we should not miss the good news stories of local women athletes.
Singer Jennifer Lopez and former New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez have called off their engagement.
[The Herald] Sports Reporter
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