Two Uganda Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates Reach Animal Trial Stage

Two of the four COVID-19 vaccines currently developed in Uganda are reaching the animal trial phase, while one other is one stage away. The vaccines manufactured under the Presidential Scientific Initiative on Epidemics (PRESIDE), an initiative of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni are using different technologies; One is using the ChAdOx1 also known as the Adenovirus-vectored technology, …

Covid-19 vaccination campaigns 21 times more pricey than routine immunisations

Despite being the most ill-planned exercise executed by the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization (UNEPI), the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination is the most expensive campaign carried out in the last ten years, according to officials.  In the past four years, Uganda has carried out at least two mass vaccination campaigns including the Measles/Rubella and Polio…

Museveni to Launch Mandatory COVID-19 Testing at Entebbe

Mandatory testing for all incoming passengers is expected to commence this weekend at Entebbe International Airport. This after the Inter-ministerial committee, chaired by the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, inspected the airport on Thursday evening to assess readiness to start the exercise. Julius Mucunguzi, the spokesperson of the Office of the Prime Minister-OPM, says the exercise will…

Mukono Clinic Under Spotlight for Issuing Fake COVID-19 Certififcates

Green cottage clinic in Mukono municipality is under the spotlight for issuing fake COVID-19 test certificates especially to people travelling abroad. Much as the clinic isn’t among those accredited to conduct COVID-19 tests, it issues PCR test results.    Trouble for Green cottage clinic started when they issued a COVID-19 negative certificate to Esther Nambowa, 28,…