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THE STANDARD By Standard Team | December 31st 2020 at 02:00:00 GMT +0300 Kenyas forward Michael Olunga celebrates scoring his teams third goal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) football match between Kenya and Tanzania at the Stadium in Cairo on June 27, 2019. [AFP] The past 12 months have been grim, as the ravages of the novel coronavirus overran health facilities, wrecked lives and bankrupted institutions around the globe, leaving thousands dead and millions jobless. But in the fa...

AstraZeneca said the authorisation was for a two-dose regime and that the vaccine had been approved for use for emergency supply. Britain has ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine. "The government has today accepted the recommendation from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to authorise Oxford University/AstraZenecas COVID-19 vaccine for use," the health ministry said. Pooled results from those trials show it had an overall efficacy of 70.4 per cent. Efficacy was ...

CS Kagwe Announces Free Covid-19 Vaccine for Kenyans Health CS Mutahi Kagwe. File Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday, December 23 announced free Covid-19 vaccines for Kenyans when they arrive into the country. Kagwe made the announcement in an interview, adding that the Covid-19 vaccine will be incorporated into the countrys national immunisation programme that is offered for free to all citizens. Officials from the Ministry of Health revealed that Kenya has submitted an applic...

The East African Monday December 21 2020 Morocco and Egypt have gone ahead of the pack to secure vaccines from China-based Sinopharm. PHOTO | AFP Summary In the East African region, Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya are some of the countries that have announced that they had applied for doses from AstraZeneca/Oxford’s AZD1222 vaccine. Advertisement Africa needs $9 billion to vaccinate 780 million people over the course of two years, pan-African multilateral trade finance institution (Afreximbank) has...

Kenya settles on Oxford vaccine, jabs begin early 2021 by MAGDALINE SAYA The government has assured Kenyans vaccination against the Covid-19 will start early next year. The announcement came as Covid-19 death toll in the country hit 1,639 on Sunday after six more patients succumbed to the disease. Kenya has settled for the Oxford Vaccine because it can be stored easily, with the Ministry of Health saying it will be one of the frontline vaccines that will be used in the country. ...

Health Acting Director-General Patrick Amoth (pictured) said the low price of the vaccine compared to other candidates’ was one of the reasons Kenya settled for it. Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which US, Singapore and Canada have ordered, goes for Sh2,000 per dose, followed by Moderna, which costs between Sh1,500 and Sh1,700 a dose. AstraZeneca goes for between Sh400 and Sh600 a dose. Dr Amoth noted that the AstraZeneca vaccine was also suitable for the country’s cold chain logistics, as it c...

Those discharged from the home-based care programme are 155 while 21 were in various hospitals. Kenyas total recoveries now stand at 75,735. "Currently there are 831 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide and 5,834 on Home-Based Isolation and Care," said a statement from Health CS Mutahi Kagwe. Meanwhile, the government will spend Sh10 billion to purchase 12 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. It, therefore, means the country will be buying the vaccine for sh...

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine which US, Singapore and Canada have ordered has a price tag of Sh2,000 per dose followed by Moderna’s which costs between sh1,500 and sh1,700 a dose. AstraZeneca goes for about sh400 to sh600 a dose. Therefore, the government’s plan to purchase 12 million doses from a budgetary allocation of sh10 billion means each dose will cost sh833. Amoth said the AstraZeneca vaccine is also suitable for the country’s cold chain logistics as it can be stored under temperatures ...

Covid-19 vaccine expected in Kenya in January Thursday December 17 2020 The first batch of recipients for the Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya will cover 20 per cent of the country’s population. Summary People who come into contact with crowds and those with two or more medical conditions will be the first to be vaccinated. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says Kenya has ordered 24 million doses of the vaccine. Advertisement A consignment of the Covid-19 vaccine is expected in Kenya next month,...