President Museveni has come out to give an update about his current health status. He has said that he is not in the Intensive care unit (ICU) like it is being claimed on social media by certain individuals.This came after he was announced last week to be Covid-19 positive and by the time of the announcement, he was self-isolating.Ever since ...
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United States health authorities on Wednesday authorities the use of Synthetic antibodies developed by AstraZeneca to prevent COVID-19 infections. However, they will majorly use this on people who react badly to the vaccines This is the first time the Food and Drug Administration in United States has given emergency authorization for such a purely preventative treatment. The FDA however, warned ...
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On Friday, South Africa’s COVID-19 infections hit a record 3 million as the new wave driven by the Omicron variant rips through the country. The government on Friday reported 16,055 new cases over a 24 hour period, taking the cumulative lab-confirmed cases to 3,004,203. It further said that the increase represents a 24.3 percent positivity rate. The majority of the ...
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Prisons services have lost two people to covid 19 out of the 141 cases of covid they have had. The prison’s spokesperson, Frank Baine revealed this while speaking to the media yesterday. “We [prisons] have a cumulative number of cases of Covid-19 of 1,438. Of these 1,289 are prisoners, 117 are staff and 31 are staff families or relatives. Fortunately, ...
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The clerk of the parliament has announced a two week shut down due to escalating cases within the house. The infection rate is now at 17.1% among parliamentary members. “Parliament like the rest of the country has been affected by the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic with the positivity rate of 17.1%. As a mitigating measure in the prevention of ...
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