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2021-05-07 15:56:06 GMT2021-05-07 23:56:06(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NAIROBI, May 7 (Xinhua) When the Kenyan government announced in March that the elderly would be given priority in COVID-19 vaccination, Andrew Wandera, a resident of Busia, Kenya, heeded the call.
The 62-year-old retired teacher visited the main referral hospital in the county a few days after the announcement and got the jab.
Wandera recounted Friday that he influenced other older persons in his church and neighborhood to get the vaccine. There were lots of misconceptions in the village about the vaccine, with some saying one becomes very sick after getting it but I used myself as an example to encourage fellow elders to get the vaccine, said Wandera by phone, adding his wife, 59, also got vaccinated.
Kenyatta National Hospital – Getty NAIROBI, Kenya â An oxygen shortage has created a health emergency at the largest hospital in East Africa.
Hundreds of patients in intensive care units at Kenyatta National Hospital are in dire need of oxygen as some individuals and private hospitals are said to be holding more than 20,000 cylinders, according to Cabinet Secretary for Health Mutahi Kagwe.
âI wish to make an appeal to those holding cylinders, be they hospital facilities or individuals in other sectors, please return those cylinders to manufacturers, so they can refill and use them in hospitals that need them,â Kagwe tweeted on March 29.
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