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[Nation] The Ministry of Health procured ventilators at double the price, cannot account for millions spent on airtime and millions of shillings were transferred to individuals with the same name in a cash programme as the country battled the Covid-19 pandemic last year, a special audit shows.
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.
WESTERN BUREAU Dr Marcia Graham, the medical officer of health (MOH) at the Westmoreland Health Department, says tourism players in the western parish are breaching the COVID-19 protocols with impunity, while residents enjoy no such latitude as...
[Nairobi News] Deputy President William Ruto has sensationally claimed he is considering dumping Jubilee because the ruling political outfit is currently managed by drunkards.
Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is looking into two separate theft reports relating to donated Covid-19 equipment in March, when the Ministry of Health was plotting how to combat the virus that has now infected 4,374 people in Kenya.
While the police at Mazingira House, Nairobi, have confirmed that investigations into the two incidents involving donations from Alibaba founder Jack Ma and the Chinese government, officials remain tight-lipped about how much progress has been made.
Director of Investigations John Kariuki confirmed that a team of detectives from the DCI’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) office are looking into the cases.
But when the Saturday Nation visited the DCI branch at JKIA, officers denied knowledge of any such investigations and referred our team to the head office on Kiambu Road for any information on the matter.
But last week Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe for the first time publicly acknowledged that thieves had found their way to Mr Ma’s consignment.
Ahead of Monday’s planned resumption of face-to-face classes at 129 schools across Jamaica amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is urging parents to ensure that they and their children continue to follow...
Nairobi — Nominated Senator Mary Seneta who is among five Jubilee Party Senators facing expulsion for snubbing the party's Senate Parliamentary Group meeting at State House in Nairobi last Tuesday has pledged loyalty to President Uhuru Kenyatta saying she skipped the meeting because she was unwell.
In an personal statement to newsrooms on Sunday, Seneta said her loyalty is with her Party Leader and she stands by all his decisions.
She moved to assure her supporters of her steadfast support for the party in the implementation of policies, directives and bills stating, \"I am always ready to assist the party to deliver to the people of Kenya.\"
Senata is among the five nominated senators including Millicent Omanga, Iman Falhada Dekow, Victor Prengei and Naomi Waqo that Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju said the party had recommended to the disciplinary committee for expulsion.
(Trinidad Guardian) For the first time in three months, the Ministry of Health recorded no new COVID-19 infections in its daily update yesterday.
The article Trinidad & Tobago records zero new COVID cases in 24-hour span appeared first on Stabroek News.
A total of 236 residential facilities have been inspected by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, to assess their adherence to measures aimed at mitigating the risk of an outbreak of COVID-19. The total amount includes 203 nursing homes, 13...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Trinidad and Tobago yesterday launched a new initiative aimed at luring tourist to the oil-rich two-island republic, with officials indicating there were airlines that have expressed interest in flying to the country in the post-coronavirus era.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President William Ruto has called for an end to resurging name-calling and insults targeted at President Uhuru Kenyatta by a section of lawmakers allied to him.
This could ring true for William Samoei Ruto, Kenya’s Deputy President (DP), who has been uncharacteristically quiet amid a simmering political crisis in his Jubilee Party.
But he has lately cut the figure of a lonely man troubled by the goings-on in Jubilee, where he is deputy leader, but his influence has waned, thanks to a tussle for control of the party between him and party leader Uhuru Kenyatta.
Dr Ruto’s troubles have been traced to the famous Handshake between President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga in March 2018, a deal he was not party to.
The Kenyatta side, backed by Nasa coalition and other parties, has moved to purge Parliament of the DP’s allies, who are now deemed disrespectful to the President.
It is also worth noting that DP Ruto’s message has been how he helped President Kenyatta get elected in the tumultuous 2013 elections and defend his seat in the chaotic 2017 polls.
[Nation] Kenyan referees Peter Waweru and Gilbert Cheruiyot will be on duty during the finals of the 2021 African Nations Championships between defending champions Morocco and Mali on Sunday.
[Nation] Kenya's tally of the coronavirus disease increased to 45,647 after 571 new infections and three related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health.
Although the majority of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in St.
The article Ministry considering COVID isolation facility in St Cuthbert’s appeared first on Stabroek News.
Panyaza Lesufi briefed the media on the recommendations of an investigative report, which emanated from the circumstances surrounding the death of Laerskool Bekker pupil, Keamohetswe Seboko.
(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram yesterday revealed that the Ministry of Health’s goal of increasing testing for COVID-19 is being hampered because people are continuing to refuse swabbing for the virus “in a lot of instances.”
The article Trinidad: People refusing COVID tests appeared first on Stabroek News.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says the Ministry is looking to launch a Community COVID Conversation Programme.\tHe said the initiative, which would incorporate youth leaders, aims to educate persons in communities...
[Monitor] Ugandan companies involved in the sourcing of external employment for migrant workers abroad are to resume business after government Monday announced that it had relaxed the Coronavirus restrictions.
Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie says the Ministry is working to address issues with COVID-19 testing.\tBisasor-McKenzie has indicated that there has been a drop in testing over the past few...
