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By Kareem Smith One of the Caribbean’s largest nonalcoholic beverage manufacturers is proposing a tiered tax system to replace the “disproportionate” and blanketed 20 per cent tax on sugar-sweetened beverages imposed at the start of the month. Director of SM Jaleel Beverages Barbados Dr. Mikaeel Mohammed, whose company reduced the sugar content in its beverages […]
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A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
Are you aiming to decrease your sugar intake? You may be tempted to turn to artificial sweeteners as your option of choice. They are sweet, low or no calories at all and are sugar free. These traits make an irresistible offer for your cabinet or refrigerator, but there’s more to artificial sweeteners than you’ve probably […]
[New Frame] Violent conflict in Ethiopia has brought to light underlying issues that had been festering for years. But how did it get here and what does the future of the country and its neighbours look like?
[Cameroon Tribune] Dr Godwin Nchinda, Senior Immunologist, Deputy Director General, Head of Vaccinology Laboratory, CIRCB.
