Pontiano Kaleebu, the Director of the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) explains the processes involved in COVID-19 testing By EMMANUEL AINEBYOONA This week, on Wednesday, 8th July, 2020, I started my working day on a rather different note, at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), the center stage for COVID-19
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has promised that the government will continue to give youth priority to empower them and improve their welfare. Museveni made the remarks while giving his World Population Day speech on Saturday. "I wish to inform you that the Government will continue to give priority to issues
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Kim Yo Jong, first vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released the following press statement on Friday: During these days, I have been hearing through the news media a spate of strange signal being transmitted by the Americans with regard to the DPRK.
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Mukesh Ambani: Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg Mukesh Ambani has had a rollercoaster 2020, cutting a string of deals for his digital business, undergoing wild swings in his wealth and having his brother’s finances laid bare for the world to see. Now he can add another chapter -- eclipsing the fortune of
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United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, has appointed Ayoku Liadi and Oliver Alawuba as Deputy Managing Directors in charge of UBA’s Nigeria and Africa businesses, respectively. The creation of the new positions, reporting to Group CEO, Kennedy Uzoka, represents further strategic recognition of the
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In Kenya, doctors are mourning a colleague who died after contracting coronavirus, the country's main medics' union is saying. A colleague described the medic as a "young doctor with so much to offer". She was a gynaecologist who was hailed by many of her patients for her professionalism. The health
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Malawi’s new President Lazarus Chakwera (pictured above) has responded to criticisms of nepotism by saying that he had good reasons to select the cabinet that he did. He has included a husband and wife duo as well as people who are related to each other. There are also cabinet posts
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There’s more trouble brewing for Indian coffee exporters, who are not just facing a slump in overall demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but also staring at a loss of share in Italy, their largest export market, to exporters from Uganda. Indian coffees are facing stiff competition from low-cost producer
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that indoor airborne transmission of the coronavirus may be possible after more than 200 scientists urged them to address it. The organisation has long said that the primary form of coronavirus transmission comes from respiratory droplets passed through close contact with people
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Ugandan economic growth is set to plunge to as low as 0.4% in 2020 from 5.6% last year as the coronavirus crisis batters the east African economy ahead of presidential elections set for 2021, the World Bank found. The pandemic is expected to hit tourism, exports, and remittances, a report
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