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Diseases whose prevalence has gone up include polio, measles, cholera and malaria. Almost 17, 500 cases of measles were recorded between January and March.
Patrick Amoth First to Get Covid-19 Vaccine in Kenya Health Acting Director General Dr Patrick Amoth receives the Covid-19 vaccine on Friday, March 5 Twitter Acting Health Director-General Dr. Patrick Amoth on Friday, March 5, became the first person in Kenya to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Amoth took AstraZeneca vaccine, at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi in the full glare of the cameras. “We will offer ourselves to be vaccinated today (Friday). Let us portray the correct message to the public,” he said. Health acting Director General Patrick Amoth File Also vaccinated is...
Why Covid jab got cold reception at airport Health & Science - By Graham Kajilwa | March 4th 2021 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300 A Police officer guards the first batch of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines under the COVAX scheme against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at the Kitengela cold rooms store on March 3, 2021. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] What is the most delicate item you have ever carried? Eggs, perhaps? While some of us have mastered the art of transporting eggs, the stakes associated with moving over one million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine are much higher. First, despite the vaccines being inte...
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 Dent...
Kenya's Covid cases up by 366 HEALTH & SCIENCE The national Covid-19 tally now stands at 91,892. From the cases 346 are Kenyans while 20 are foreigners. Some 236 are men and 130 are women. Covid 19 Time Series The youngest is a one-year-old child, while the oldest is 78. Today, 432 patients recovered from the disease, 387 from the Home-Based Care Programme, while 45 have been discharged from various hospitals. Total recoveries now stand at 73,028. Unfortunately, one patient has succumbed to the disease, bringing the cumulative fatalities to 1,587. There are 967 patients admitted in vari...