Topic: Covid-19 vaccine
Ruto announces construction of Sh65.7 billion Moderna vaccine facility in Kenya
Mar 31, 2023 at 12:20 AM
President William Ruto on Thursday announced the construction of a $500 million (an equivalent of Sh65.7 billion) facility that will manufacture Moderna vaccine in Nairobi....
Kenya not yet out of woods as experts warn about possible 6th wave of Covid-19
Apr 28, 2022 at 10:51 AM
Health experts have warned Kenya may not be out of the woods yet, as they predict the possibility of the 6th wave of Covid-19....
MOH: We’ve administered 15.6 million Covid-19 vaccines in Kenya so far
Feb 15, 2022 at 05:04 PM
The Ministry of Health has said a total of 15,616,694 vaccines had been administered across Kenya by February 14, 2022....
Uhuru Kenyatta gets Covid-19 booster shot ahead of national rollout - PHOTOS
Dec 31, 2021 at 02:58 PM
President Kenyatta got the Moderna vaccine a few months after receiving the two jabs of Moderna....
Kenya records 1,020 new cases of Covid-19 as positivity rate rises to 29.6 per cent
Dec 20, 2021 at 09:11 PM
Kenya has recorded 1,020 fresh cases of Covid-19 infection from a sample size of 3,444 in the last 24 hours as the positivity rate in the country rises to 29.6 per cent....
Senator Cherargei opposes Mutahi Kagwe 'no vaccination, no service' order
Nov 22, 2021 at 02:43 PM
Responding to Kagwe's directive, Senator Cherargei noted that the government should educate Kenyans on the benefits of getting vaccinated as opposed to using threats....
Austria orders ‘special’ lockdown for unvaccinated population
Nov 15, 2021 at 11:14 AM
Austria has announced a lockdown of individuals who are yet to receive full vaccination against COVID-19....
Fully vaccinated Kenyans allowed to travel to UK without having to quarantine
Oct 07, 2021 at 05:24 PM
Kenyan travelers have a reason to smile after the United Kingdom announced it will from Monday permit those fully vaccinated to enter the country without heading into quarantine....
Vaccine Inequity: CNN's Larry Madowo narrates how he lost 3 relatives to Covid-19
Jul 22, 2021 at 06:32 AM
"I’m sharing this publicly for the first time because a vaccine on time could have protected my family from this pain." ...
Kenya expecting 130k Covid-19 vaccine doses next week
May 21, 2021 at 05:12 PM
Kenya government on Friday announced it expects to get 130,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Covax through the GAVI dose-sharing pact across neighbouring countries next week....
26 primary school teachers have succumbed to Covid-19, TSC announces
Apr 15, 2021 at 12:22 PM
A total of 26 teachers have lost their lives to the Covid-19 pandemic, this has been announced by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC)....
US authorities suspend Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine over severe clots fears
Apr 13, 2021 at 02:52 PM
Senior health authorities in the US on Tuesday proposed a "pause" in using the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine as they look into any links between the jab and severe blood clots...
Kenyans discolored as Kagwe ministry forms oxygen taskforce
Apr 08, 2021 at 11:29 AM
Kenyans online have reacted angrily after the Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that it had formed an oxygen taskforce to deal with oxygen shortage in Kenyan hospitals....
Covid-19 vaccinations close to 340k as 18 deaths reported
Apr 07, 2021 at 04:30 PM
Total confirmed Covid-19 cases now stand at 141,365, as cumulative tests done since the first case of the virus was reported in Kenya now increasing to 1,530,736....
Poisons Board throws Health CS Mutahi Kagwe under the bus in Sputnik V drama
Apr 02, 2021 at 12:01 PM
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has confirmed that the Sputnik V vaccine being administered by a private health facility is in the Country legally....
MoH changes tune on Sputnik V vaccine emergency use
Mar 31, 2021 at 08:49 PM
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday changed tune on Sputnik V, the Russian Covid-19 vaccine, saying the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PBB) had allowed it to be used in Kenya and vacc...
DP William Ruto receives Sputnik V vaccine amid controversy
Mar 30, 2021 at 10:21 PM
Deputy President William Ruto on Tuesday received Covid-19 vaccine, but not the Astrazeneca vaccine which was imported and is being distributed by the government....
PSK warns personalities against marketing Covid-19 vaccine on social media
Mar 30, 2021 at 03:53 PM
The Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK) has warned unnamed personalities against marketing brands of Covid-19 vaccines to the public through their social media pages....
Ahmednasir, Kipkorir get Sputnik V vaccine amid Kenya approval confusion
Mar 30, 2021 at 12:55 PM
Lawyers Ahmednasir Abdullahi and Donald Kipkorir (DKB) have shared on social media photos while receiving the Sputnik V jab at what looks like a health facility in Nairobi....
Uhuru orders cabinet, Executive office staff to get Covid-19 vaccine
Mar 26, 2021 at 09:59 AM
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday ordered his Cabinet and staff in the Executive Office to go get vaccinated for Covid-19 as the more vicious third wave threatens to get out of ha...
