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198 Patients in ICU as Positivity Rate Drops Below 10% Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe addressing the media on November 26, 2020 File Kenya has recorded 834 new Covid-19 cases, from a sample size of 8,498 tested in the last 24 hours with a positivity rate of 9.8 per cent.  Of the cases, 805 are Kenyans while 29 are foreigners. 499 are males and 335 are females. The youngest is a fourteen-day-old infant while the oldest is 100 years. During a briefing on Wednesday, April 28, Healt...

On a sad note, 21 patients have succumbed to the disease, one reported in the last 24 hours,

  Stephen Otieno, the Migori Football Club goalkeeper is vaccinated against Covid-19 at Migori County Referral Hospital on April 19, 2021. Youth football clubs in Migori have sent their members for the vaccine. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard] Kenya’s presidential lockdown in the five ‘diseased counties’ has helped reduce Covid-19 infections, according to health experts and government officials, but fatalities remain high. Experts are also warning of a fourth wave due to mutations and that Ken...

Prof Matilu Mwau, the Deputy Director at Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), points out that Kenya might not achieve herd immunity soon due to the low numbers of people who have been vaccinated. “We have not even vaccinated 10 per cent of our population. Also, nobody knows how much coverage of vaccination is sufficient for you to achieve herd immunity,” he said. He noted that to be safe, a country should ideally vaccinate 100 per cent of the population.   Take a quick survey and help...

Nairobi’s Covid-19 positive cases tie Kenyan president, health ministry and major media house in knots Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by Thousands in Kenya were stranded in April 2021 after the police...

10 Apr 2021 / 08:49 H. * Official says private sector allowed to procure vaccines * Government will not put price cap on inoculation * Campaigners warn the poor will be left out By Nita Bhalla NAIROBI, March 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kenya will let private hospitals charge for COVID-19 vaccinations and will not set a price limit on their cost - a measure charities warned would "price out the poor" and create greater inequalities in access. The East African nation of more than 50 millio...

THE STANDARD BRANDING VOICE Shining Hope for Communities has been recognised at the second quality healthcare Kenyan awards after it emerged top in its category to win the award of excellence in improving access to primary healthcare services. On what was World Health Day, the awards ceremony, held virtually on Wednesday, saw Shining Hope for Communities (Shofco) emerge ahead of rivals Tharaka Nithi County and Penda Health to win the award in the category. The theme of the awards was  Measurin...

Dr Festus Njuguna, in charge of the pediatric oncology unit at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, explains that not all elective surgeries are non-urgent, and not all are minor. Some delayed surgeries, though, may cause harm, especially in aggressive forms of cancers. Harm is also in delayed diagnosis. Marian Wangui, from Githunguri in Kiambu County, found a lump under her breast. In fear, the 41-year-old sought medical advice and was instructed to go for tests in July 2020. She got...

Murkomen Says Govt Banned Sputnik V COVID-19 Vaccine to Stop Ruto from Getting 2nd Jab Tuko 23 hrs ago Asher Omondi Elgeyo Marakwet senator Kipchumba Murkomen is reading malice in the governments ban on importation and administering of COVID-19 vaccines by the private sector. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Friday, April 2, announced only the government-procured AstraZeneca vaccine had been approved and authorised for use locally. © Getty Kenyan Deputy President Wi...

19 Covid-19 Deaths as Cases Rise Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe addressing the media on November 26, 2020 File 1851 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19, out of a sample size of 9,676 tested in the last 24 hours with a positivity rate of 19.1% up from 18.5% reported on Thursday. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Friday, April 2, announced that 19 deaths had been reported in the past 24 hours bringing the cumulative deaths to 2,186. The total number of confirmed positive Covid-19 cases n...