By Leonard Kamugisha Akida and Mercy Agumenaitwe,
“Uganda has received donations of 286,080 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Government of Norway 🇳🇴 and 300,000 doses of the Sinovac from the People’s Republic of China 🇨🇳 to support the COVID-19 vaccination program.”
Uganda has received a total of 586,080 Covid-19 vaccine doses from the governments of Norway and Republic of China in support of the vaccination exercise in as the country grapples with the second wave of the coronavirus.
On Thursday, the minister for Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng announced that over 586,080 vaccines were expected to arrive in the country on July 31, of these; 286,080 AstraZeneca doses were from the Norwegian Government, while the 300,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine was a contingent received from the People’s Republic of China.
President Museveni on Friday announced a partial lockdown with eased restrictions following a reduction in the covid-19 cases in the last six weeks.
In the new guidelines announced, Museveni ordered public and private transport to resume operations from Monday but limited to carry passengers at half capacity for the meantime.
The President also ordered for the schools and places of worship to remain closed and stayed the 7pm-5am curfew.
He also advised the number of employees allowed to go to their offices to increase from 10 to 20 per cent of the workforce.
“If these measures are taken, we shall prevent the third wave,” Museveni said in a televised address to the nation. “We can defeat this disease.”
Nevertheless, Museveni threatened to reimpose strict measures could be people failed to adhere to the set guidelines.
