Ministry of Health accepts issuing wrong Coronavirus results to 679 Ugandans
Ministry of Health has admitted to mismanagement of COVID-19 test results being released by laboratories. The ministry says about 679 people were given wrong COVID-19 results. Some people were both positive and negative. Some people claim to have received two different result slips, one indicating positive and the other negative. Others claim to have taken […]
Continue ReadingHuman rights defenders concerned about charge of COVID-19 tests
Human rights defenders have expressed concern about a charge imposed by government on individuals seeking to test for COVID 19. This comes a day after government announced that it was to start charging private individuals and organisations staff seeking to be tested for COVID-19 effective today. The health ministry said people in need of knowing […]
Continue ReadingWHO Set to Declare Africa Free From Polio
The World Health Organization (WHO) will today declare Africa free from wild polio, four years after the last cases appeared in northeastern Nigeria. The WHO said in a statement said up to 1.8 million children have been saved from the crippling life-long paralysis, because of the relentless efforts by governments, donors, frontline health workers and […]
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