Dr Tanya, an assistant Prof in Pediatrics Infectious Disease at Mt Sinai receives Covid-19, Moderna vaccine in NYC. [Courtesy]
Health workers have expressed mixed feelings towards the uptake of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine as Kenya starts a vaccination programme.
About one million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine are expected into the country today.
The first batch of 495,000 doses will be distributed to regional depots, Level VI hospitals and Military Level IV hospitals. The second batch will contain 525,000 doses.
Goody Gor, an official of Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), said she is reluctant to receive the vaccine, over claims that its efficacy has not been determined.
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We ll go on with strike, healthcare workers say
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Anyango Otieno and Kirsten Kanja | January 20th 2021 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300
Kenyatta National Hospital.
Striking healthcare workers have maintained that they will not call off their strike unless their demands are met.
This came even as the Council of Governors (CoG) said it won t pay the striking medics, spelling doom for patients who have now been forced to seek medical services from private hospitals.
At a press briefing yesterday at the Kenyatta National Hospital, nurses union representatives protested alleged intimidation and coercion to have the striking health workers go back to work.
Title: Victor Trammell for Your Black World | Photo courtesy of Google Maps
A male nurse in Indonesia has been suspended after admitting that he stripped off his personal protective equipment to have sex in a toilet with a man infected with COVID-19, according to reports.
“It is true that there has been a suspected incident of a same-sex relationship between a health worker and a COVID-19 patient at the Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital,” said Asep Gunawan of the National Nurses Association.
He said the nurse “must follow legal processing,” the Indonesia Expat reported.
The incident in Jakarta came to light when the patient boasted about the romp on his Twitter account Friday, according to the UK’s Sun.
Health workers take nasal swab samples of train passengers to be tested for the coronavirus a procedure required for long-distance train trips at Gambir Train Station in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Indonesia has reported more than 600,000 cases of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
The incident in Jakarta came to light when the patient boasted about the romp on his Twitter account Friday, according to the UK’s Sun.
He uploaded a screenshot of WhatsApp messages between the horny couple including details about lubricants and the size of their genitals, the news outlet reported.
The patient also posted an image of the nurse’s PPE lying on the floor as the pair got it on.