The World Bank has injected $180.3 million into Uganda's Covid-19 vaccination program.
The funds, according to an official statement, will be used to acquire vaccines and relevant medical equipment and facilitate delivery.
Uganda has confirmed seven cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, Health Minister Dr. Ruth Aceng announced Tuesday saying the five cases came from Nigeria and two from South Africa.
Uganda is expecting 15.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines as the East African nation ramps up the vaccination campaign to fully re-open the economy in January of 2022.
President Yoweri Museveni's national address on Covid-19 has been pushed to Friday, the presidency said Thursday morning.
According to Lindah Nabusayi, the president's senior press secretary, the address has been rescheduled to Saturday, 8pm.
The U.S. government at the weekend donated over 3 million doses of Covid-19 Pfizer vaccines to boost the vaccination exercise in Uganda.
"More Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses from the United States arrived in Uganda today," the US embassy in Uganda tweeted Sunday.
President Yoweri Museveni announced Thursday evening that Uganda will have shipped in 23 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines by end of November.
President Yoweri Museveni will on Thursday address the country with an “update… on the Covid-19 situation [and] any other related issues,” Lindah Nabusayi, his senior press secretary said Monday morning.
President Yoweri Museveni on Friday flagged off 282 pickup trucks to support logistical measures already in place for COVID-19 surveillance across the country.
The vehicles were acquired using the funds collected through donations by Ugandans last year.
The second batch of Sinovac vaccines donated by China will arrive in the country tomorrow, according to the health ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyoona.
The Chinese government has previously donated 300,000 doses.
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