Researchers studying Uganda’s homemade COVID-19 vaccines reveal encountering huge challenges accessing mice to be able to test their candidate drugs. This comes after Science and Innovations Minister Dr. Monica Musenero was recently bashed over revelations of acquiring each mouse at 8 Million Shillings. She said Uganda wanted to procure 200 lab rats but had due…
Health Rights activists have blasted Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC for downplaying the right of Ugandans to reject vaccination. It comes a day after the Commission Chairperson, Mariam Wangadya, said that Ugandans have no right to reject the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise during a press conference ahead of the International Human Rights Day held annually on December…
C. A Care Medical Center in Kitagwenda town council in Kitagwenda district is under the spotlight following the death of a patient under unclear circumstances. Residents want the authorities to close the clinic, which belongs to Julius Katungyisa, whom they accuse to be a quark medic. Trouble for Katungyisa started on November 21st, 2021…
Nine cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant have been detected in the country. This is according to results released by the Uganda Virus Research Institute. The results were of samples of travelers that were tested at Entebbe International Airport. Prof Pontiano Kaleebu, the Executive Director of UVRI says the cases were detected among travelers from…