MPOX's Story In East Africa
- HEALTH
- October 21, 2024
According to State House reports, Museveni received his booster jab on Tuesday 4th January, 2022 while in his home in Kiruhuura district. While the increasing numbers of Covid-19 infections rise to 880 new cases as of 4th January 2022, President Museveni -77 years old, urges especially those above 50 to take the jab. Those below
READ MOREKenyan passport holders have been stopped from traveling to about 40 countries, an effect of the Covid 19 virus despite the fully rolled out vaccination campaign even with great numbers of vaccinated Kenyans so far. Kenya in October was burred from 43 countries and 54 in July which is a great drop in travel restriction.
READ MORE58 people died in road accidents during the Christmas festive season between 23rd December and 26th December- reports police. ASP Nampiima Faridah , the spokesperson of the police directorate of Traffic and Road Safety reported as she addressed journalists on Monday that: 195 accidents occurred and were registered during the festive season; 51 were fatal,
READ MOREArchbishop Desmond Tutu ; an anti apartheid hero and noble peace prize winner dies at 90 years of age after along battle with prostate cancer being diagnosed with the same in the 1990s. Desmond Tutu died on the 26th of December, 2021 at the Oasis Care Center, Cape Town in South Africa, a death that
READ MOREAbout 50 MPs and their staff return to Uganda from the East African Legislative Games; a friendly sports event hosted for the parliamentarians by Tanzania, Covid-19 positive. The Legislators tested positive twice, both in Arusha and the Malaba boarder on their way back home from the games as they suspected infection. With no S.O.Ps or
READ MORE“We studied to serve but not to suffer” were the words on the placards held high by the striking intern medical doctors this morning as they made their way to the parliament of Uganda where they hoped their grievances would be heard. To their dismay however, the Uganda police burred their entry to the parliament
READ MOREPaul Mubiru is the name of the gentleman who was filmed hawking nsenene or grasshoppers, a Ugandan insect delicacy mostly eaten during the month of November due to its seasonal bloom. On 26th November, a video that is thought to have been filmed by Paul Mubiru and his acquaintance Kiggundu Habib went viral. In the
READ MOREThe management of the @NIRA_Ug informs the general public that the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds will, tomorrow Friday 3rd December 2021. COURTESY PHOTO
READ MOREA variant of concern refers to one that looks dangerous enough to bear close scrutiny and continual updates. Omicron is the latest and newest corona virus variant and also the quickest to be labeled ‘variant of concern’ by the World Health Organization because of how fast it’s spreading as seen in South Africa. Spreading faster
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