According to Luwero district situational report authored by Henry Kasule the District Surveillance Focal Person, the five cases have been detected from the counties of Butuntumula, Luwero and Luwero Town Council.
Dr. Patricia Kevin Litho, Assistant Commissioner of Communications and Public Relations at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), stressed the media's essential function in making government policies and updates on the energy sector accessible to the public.
Mercury is widely used in small-scale gold mining to separate gold from other minerals due to its ability to form an amalgam with gold. However, this process releases substantial amounts of mercury into the environment, contributing to 37% of global mercury emissions.
According to WHO, Uganda is one of the world's thirty (30) high-burden countries for TB and TB/HIV co-infection. Each year, approximately 91,000 people in Uganda get sick of TB with 32% of them being HIV-infected.
The 20 million EURO or 84 billion shillings project will also support initiatives to strengthen health systems in Africa and accelerate access to life-saving medicines to end preventable maternal deaths.
The suggestion comes after a warning by the World Health Organisation -WHO that the recent surge in bird flu outbreaks among mammals could help the virus spread easily among humans. The world has since 2021 had a surge in the of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N or bird flu which led to the death of wild birds and poultry and incidental infections in mammals.
Doctor Jonathan Kitoonsa, a Researcher at the Medical Research Council/ Uganda Virus Research Institute-MRC/UVRI, indicates that is still significant to both research purposes and community health for government to continue providing Covid-19 testing services at all times.
Dr. Daniel Okello, the Gulu City Health Officer, mentioned during the launch that pregnant women are exempted from receiving the vaccine due to potential risks to both the mother and the developing fetus.
Charles Oluka, the world health organisation field coordinator says they have done follow-ups with the respective communities where the 'suspects' come from up to the family level and so far no report of symptoms has been recorded.
According to records from the health agency, around 21 million COVID cases were reported globally last week. This is a new record for cases reported within a week.
The government then had placed its hopes on donations of Pfizer vaccine from the United States of America. The idea which was first communicated by President, Yoweri Kaguta during one of his addresses on the COVID-19 pandemic became one of the conditions for the re-opening of schools.
Deliveries could start as early as August for countries that are ready to receive them. The COVAX Allocation Framework will determine the dose allocations to COVAX participants taking into consideration country readiness, vaccine supply through COVAX to date, operating and supply aspects, and other parameters.
Findings from the studies show that 30.2 per cent of the patients who were not infected with malaria developed severe forms of COVID-19 with 3.8 percent succumbing to the disease.
According to the WHO, Tanzania needs to start implementing public health measures and also prepare for vaccination against COVID-19 since cases and deaths are being reported
