By Tonny Abet
The government has downplayed concern over reports of adverse reactions and death among recipients of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in foreign countries.
Uganda embarked on immunising its citizens, starting with frontline health workers, on Wednesday after receiving 964,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine through donations.
At least nine countries across the world including Denmark, Norway, and Iceland have been reported by European Medicines Agency (EMA) and news agencies to have suspended inoculation of their population using the AstraZeneca vaccine over safety.