Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan addressed the media on the Omicron variant on Wednesday. She said it appears that the vaccines are still proving to be effective against the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron. She explained that though the number of infections is rapidly increasing, the severity of the disease has not surged to a new ...

Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has said the country might be headed for a third wave of Covid 19. This has followed a spike in the spread of the virus lately. Omricon variant is fast spreading among the citizens. Almost everyone knows someone who has flue and cough right now. Twitter has been going wild due to the current flu rate ...

The Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng in her end of the year letter has written to District chairmen, City and Municipality Mayors, CAOs, and town clerks. This letter is intended to warn the above-mentioned against alleged misuse of Covid-19 response and surveillance vehicles. According to the letter dated 20th December 2021, addressed to the mentioned leaders, the vehicles ...

Two studies from Britain were published on Wednesday on the new Omicron Covid-19 variant. The studies showed that Covid infections with the Omicron are less likely to result in hospitalization compared to the Delta variant. Experts cautiously welcomed the preliminary studies, one from Scotland another from England. Nonetheless, they stressed that the new strain’s heightened infectiousness could still negate an ...

Uganda is set to begin mandatory Covid testing for all people arriving in the country via land border points to check the rise in infections. The announcement came from the Ministry of Health on Friday. Dr. Henry G Mwebesa, the country’s Director-General for Health Services said they were targeting Malaba and Busia borders with Kenya. Also, the Elegu border point ...