Comments on: Bracing ourselves for Coronavirus in Uganda

By: Charlotte Beauvoisin

Charlotte Beauvoisin — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 19:03:57 +0000

In reply to Charlotte Beauvoisin. This works! I input my passport number and telephone digits and it instantly generated my digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate which I now have as a PDF file. It includes a QR code. Scan that and you / port authorities can verify the certificate on the Ministry of Health website.

By: Charlotte Beauvoisin

Charlotte Beauvoisin — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:15:42 +0000

The Ministry of Health Uganda has launched a National COVID-19 Vaccination Certification Portal.
Here you can request your digital certificate https://epivac.health.go.ug/certificates/#/
“Once you complete your COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Uganda government will issue a Vaccination Certificate that will confirm that you have been inoculated. This is issued 14 days after the person receives his/her last dose. The certificate carries all the basic details of the beneficiary like name, age, gender, and also all the details of both vaccination doses i.e. date, batch number, vaccine, manufacturer, dose, vaccination site.”

By: the muzungu

the muzungu — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 13:14:57 +0000

Letter from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uganda regarding PCR testing of travelers, including children, from category 1 and 2 countries. June 11 2021.

By: the muzungu

the muzungu — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 09:09:48 +0000

In reply to lizziema.

I don’t think anyone in Uganda is following the Coronavirus statistics. At one point, all manner of deaths were being recorded as COVID-19-related. Now we seem to be seeing the opposite…
I know a number of Ugandans who have had COVID, and few of them have been tested. This means there are a good number of people (patients and survivors) who are not recorded on the system. They haven’t tested because: either they didn’t understand they could have a free test or they were worried about being taken into a government hospital (and presented with a big medical bill!)
As for the vaccines, I am delighted that I had my first shot in Kampala last week and have been encouraging many people to do the same. This anti-vaccination mantra is fashionable but not well considered. My medical doctor friend was delighted when she had heard that I had had the AstraZeneca jab. That’s all the reassurance that I need 😉

By: lizziema

lizziema — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 09:21:39 +0000

Well here we are a year on from first lockdowns in the UK. Over 4 million people infected and 126,000 have died. In the States 30,000,000 infected and 540,000 people have died so far. I have noticed that the firgures in Uganda barely change, for the last two weeks a recording of 334 deaths. Is this really true or are deaths not being recorded? The public could be lured into a false sense of security it they think no one is dying, but in reality, people are dying of Covid, but not recording it. I hope wealthy nations will be donating plenty of vaccine to the less well off countries. We all need to be vaccinated to be rid of this. For anti-vaxxers I say , would you be here if Edward Jenner hadn’t invented the small pox vaccine? Would hundreds of millions of us be here if the 80 or so vaccines now available, hadn’t been invented?

By: the muzungu

the muzungu — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:44:53 +0000

“Until Africans get the Covid vaccinations they need, the whole world will suffer.”
“We’re not asking for charity, but fairness – instead of the hoarding and protectionism currently in play.”
Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda.
https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/07/africans-covid-vaccinations-pandemic-paul-kagame/

By: the muzungu

the muzungu — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:18:46 +0000

EA tourism pushes for shared virus protocols
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/ea-tourism-pushes-for-shared-virus-protocols-3257392

By: the muzungu

the muzungu — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:19:32 +0000

So how are we managing now? 10 months into the pandemic in Uganda and cases are high. A number of my friends in Kampala have had COVID-19. Few of them have been tested however. This means that government statistics around the virus don't represent what is actually happening. Here on the edge of Kibale Forest, we are lucky that we don't have to think about social distancing every day but I miss my old life! I've spent a lot of time researching COVID-19 SOPs (standard operating procedures) for my tourism colleagues and potential visitors. As I write, Kigali is under lockdown. Rwanda is however still open for tourists but extra rules apply. Read Travel to Rwanda during the pandemic, a step by step guide.

By: the muzungu

the muzungu — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:49:47 +0000

Doctors ask govt to declare another lockdown 16th December 2020
https://youtu.be/VeXNvWG0sFI
“Doctors, under their umbrella organisation, the Uganda Medical Association have asked the Government to institute a short period lockdown to block people from travelling upcountry for the festive season. The doctors fear that if nothing is done, coronavirus will spread at a faster rate due to huge numbers of people moving, yet most of the health centres are now overwhelmed. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Uganda in March 2020, the country has lost fourteen (14) medical workers to COVID-19 and now the Uganda Medical Association has asked Government to compensate the bereaved families.”

By: the muzungu

the muzungu — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:13:23 +0000

Covid-19 promises: What went wrong with implementation? "Despite promising to deliver free facemasks and other relief items to the public to help them go through the pandemic, in some instances, government did not fulfill its pledge." Daily Monitor, Uganda, December 9 2020.