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Kenya expects to receive its first batch of a Covid-19 vaccine next month, Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has been quoted by Nation Africa newspaper as saying.
Mr Kagwe said that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be made available. He added that the vaccine was far cheaper and easier to store when compared to the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
But the Oxford vaccine has not yet been approved for emergency use in any country.
Kenya ordered 24 million doses through the Global Vaccine Alliance Initiative (Gavi) last week.
This will be enough to cover at least 20% of the country’s population.
Top of the list of those who will be vaccinated first are healthcare workers, police officers, the elderly and teachers.
Kenya orders 24 million Covid-19 vaccine doses 15th Dec 2020 | Source: BBC
Kenya has ordered 24 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, the Star newspaper has reported, citing health ministry officials.
The Kenyan government will spend 10bn Kenya shillings ($89m; £66m) for the vaccines, the newspaper reports.
The ministry submitted it s request to the Global Vaccine Alliance Initiative (Gavi) last week, according to the report
This will be enough to cover 20% of the country’s population.
The World Bank puts the population of Kenya currently at more than 52 million.
It is not clear which vaccine the East African country has ordered.
Mid this year Gavi said that each dose of the Covid-19 vaccine will go for about $3.
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