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Scientists say the new coronavirus strain appears to be more transmissible than earlier variants.

Kenya has identified two cases of the new coronavirus variant first seen in South Africa in two men who have since left the country, a senior health ministry official said on Wednesday.

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/KENYA-BRITAIN (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV):UPDATE 1-UK helps Kenya prepare to roll-out COVID-19 vaccine

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/KENYA-VARIANT (URGENT):Kenya reports two cases of new coronavirus variant first seen in South Africa

Britain said on Wednesday it was helping Kenya prepare to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Astrazeneca and Oxford University, as African nations race to ensure their populations are inoculated.

The East African Tuesday January 19 2021 East African countries are poised to get nearly 40 million Covid-19 vaccine doses though the AU initiative. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary Although countries may soon access the vaccines the available doses are not enough to contain the pandemic as scientists recommend at least 60 per cent vaccination of the population. Advertisement As the AU announced this past week that it had secured 270 million doses of Covid vaccines, East Africans will have to wait a...

The East African Tuesday January 12 2021 People receive vaccines against the Covid-19 at a temporary vaccination centre in Beijing, China, on January 8, 2021. PHOTO | AFP Summary Tanzania has said it has no interest in inoculating its population or pursuing options to acquire coronavirus vaccines at the moment. Advertisement As countries around the world that are already vaccinating their citizens against Covid-19 debate doses and time frames to protect efficacy, African countries are still st...

80 test positive for coronavirus, 50 less than Saturday - Anadolu Agency

Kenya’s Covid-19 testing capacity has declined, raising concern that this has affected actual infection numbers. So far, there has been slightly over a million tests conducted, with the Health ministry doing an average of 3,495 tests a day in the last three days. Testing was at an all-time high between November 16 and 22 last year. A senior officer working in one of the testing sites said that there is a shortage of extraction kits used in testing and that majority of the tests conducted are ...

East African nation to receive shots from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Andrew Wasike   | 15.12.2020 NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya has joined other countries in the race to secure COVID-19 vaccines, and has ordered 24 million doses from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, local media reported on Tuesday. Patrick Amoth, the acting director of health, told The Star newspaper that each dose will cost about $3. He said that the first to be vaccinated will be frontli...