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Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has eased anti-coronavirus restrictions including allowing resumption of education for universities and other post-secondary institutions, citing a decline in infections in the country.
The east African country started experiencing a second wave of the pandemic around May which resulted in a lockdown, Reuters reports.
An antiviral medication reduces the risk of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19, a pharmaceutical company said.
Patients who were given a three day course of remdesivir, also known as Veklury, as an injection saw an 87% reduction in risk of being admitted to hospital with the disease or dying, Gilead Sciences announced, PA reports.
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