The UK has helped to raise $1 billion for the coronavirus COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) through match-funding other donors, which will help distribute one billion doses of coronavirus vaccines to 92 developing countries, including Bangladesh, this year. UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) made the announcement yesterday, which coincides with a
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As the clock struck midnight marking New Year s Day in Brussels and 11 p.m. Thursday in London, the United Kingdom finally cut its ties with the European Union, almost a year after its formal departure from the 27-nation bloc.
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UK to release Shs208b aid for Covid-19 fight
Thursday December 31 2020
Summary
This support comes a few weeks after the World Food Programme (WFP) warned that it would reduce monthly relief cash and food rations for refugees in Uganda
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As the country experiences a surge in Covid-19 cases, the United Kingdom (UK) has said it will release funding of £47 million (about Shs208 billion) to sustain the Covid-19 fight in Uganda and eight other countries.
A press statement from the British High Commission in Kampala that Daily Monitor saw yesterday, indicates that the aid will be used to provide food, nutrition, water and shelter for vulnerable families such as refugees.