Kenya's health minister has warned that rising Covid-19 infections in the country could lead to a second wave of the pandemic. Minister Mutahi Kagwe (pictured) said infections spiked after President Uhuru Kenyatta announced further easing of restrictions. The infection rate had jumped to 12% from 4% last month, he said.
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Roughly one in 10 people may have been infected with the coronavirus, leaving the vast majority of the world’s population vulnerable to the COVID-19 disease it causes, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergency expert, was addressing the agency’s Executive Board, where the United
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The Ministry of Health in partnership with Marie Stopes UG has today announced the return of the New, Improved and National Drug Authority -certified Life Guard condoms to address the nationwide shortage of the socially marketed brands. The condoms were withdrawn from the market early this year after failing to
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Havana-. The President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, visited the Finlay Vaccine Institute on Friday afternoon, where he received an update on the clinical trials of Soberana 1, the first Cuban vaccine candidate against COVID-19. The leader of this promising research project, Dr. Vicente Vérez Bencomo, general director of this
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Uganda will begin human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine in November, the Daily Monitor newspaper reports quoting ministry of health officials. The vaccine, called Self Replicating RNA, has been developed through a partnership between Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) and Imperial College in the UK. The head of a presidential
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) needs not less than UShs129.8 trillion to eradicate the COVID-19 pandemic, a new funding appeal has revealed. In a special communication shared with global media on Friday, WHO said the sacrifice needed is small compared to what world governments have spent or lost while trying
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Scientists from Uganda's Makerere University and the national army have launched a study to find out whether plasma from recovered coronavirus patients has an effect on those having the virus. This is the country's first Covid-19 convalescent plasma study. Plasma is the clear, straw-coloured liquid portion of blood that remains
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Left to Right: Sylvia Jagwe Owachi-Executive Director Cairo Bank Uganda, Ahmad Maher-Managing director Cairo Bank Uganda, Dr Charles Olaro-Director Curative services Ministry of Health, Dr Patrick Sekimpi-Head of Department Orthopaedic at Makerere College of Health Sciences, Immaculate K Irumba-Chief Operations Officer Cairo Bank Uganda, Dr. Juliet Otiti Head of Department
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International donors have raised $700 million – less than half the target – to purchase future coronavirus vaccines for poor countries in a global initiative to ensure eventual vaccines do not go only to rich countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday. The COVAX Advanced Market Commitment
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As Covid-19 cases continued to climb sharply, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health on Sunday announced that the country will start manufacturing its own test kits with China’s help. The announcement came as the Horn of Africa nation passed the mark of one million tests, the third highest in the continent after
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