- Parliament pressure to have Kasese clashes report tabled before parliament has faced another blow after the deputy speaker discovered that even the draft report is not ready one year past. Yesterday, the vice chairperson of the defense and Internal Affairs committee of parliament Kezekia Mbogo told parliament that the report was ready for presentation before parliament.
- Despite the fact that the Kasese report item being lined on today’s order paper, it was to the surprise of the house that both the chairperson and vice chairperson of the defense and internal affairs committee Judith Nabakooba and Kezekia Mbogo respectively were not present to speak for their report.
American authorities have approved an experimental drug for emergency use on coronavirus patients, as more US states eased pandemic lockdowns despite another spike in deaths from the disease. The approval is the latest step in a global push to find viable treatments and a vaccine for the coronavirus, which has left half of humanity under some form of lockdown, hammered the world economy and infected more than 3.3 million people. Remdesivir, an antiviral drug initially developed to treat Ebola, was given the green light on Friday after a major trial found that it boosted recovery in serious COVID-19 patients. "It's really a very promising situation," President Donald Trump said on Friday at the White House, where he was joined by Daniel O'Day, CEO of Gilead Sciences, which developed Remdesivir. The drug incorporates itself into the virus's genome, short-circuiting its replication process. Its approval came as the US leaders struggled with growing...
Comments
Post a Comment