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Kenya aims to vaccinate 16 million people against COVID-19 by June 2022

Kenya aims to vaccinate 16 million people against COVID-19 by June 2022 Toggle share menu Advertisement Kenya aims to vaccinate 16 million people against COVID-19 by June 2022 A worker gestures as he peers out of a public service van with a signage on the usage of face masks at the main central bus station in downtown Nairobi, Kenya on Jun 22, 2020. (File photo: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya) 29 Jan 2021 10:05PM Share this content Bookmark NAIROBI: Kenya said on Friday (Jan 29) it was seeking an extra 11 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, on top of 24 million already ordered, and hopes to have 16 million people inoculated by June next year.

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Kenya aims to vaccinate 16 million people against COVID-19 by June next year - health ministry

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read NAIROBI, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Kenya said on Friday that it was seeking an extra 11 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, in addition to the 24 million it has already ordered, a senior health ministry official said. The East African country said that it aims to vaccinate 1.25 million people in phase one of the campaign by June this year, Mercy Mwangangi told reporters, covering health workers, care home workers and security and immigration personnel. Kenya aims to vaccinate 16 million people against COVID-19 by June next year, she added. (Reporting by Duncan Miriri; writing by Omar Mohammed; Editing by Jon Boyle)

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Kenya Frontline Workers To Be Vaccinated Soon

Kenya’s coronavirus vaccine roll-out will begin next month, with 1.25 million frontline workers to receive injections between February and June. Dr Mercy Mwangangi, the chief administrative secretary for health, said the programme would be divided into three phases with the first giving priority to healthcare workers, security and immigration officers. She explained that so far Kenya, with a population of 48.5 million, was expecting to get 24 million doses via the World Health Organization-backed Covax scheme. “The country will procure an additional 11 million doses from other mechanisms to vaccinate nearly 16 million people over a period of 18 months,” the senior health official told journalists.

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Kenyans Split Over Ksh770 Covid-19 Vaccine Cost

Kenyans Split Over Ksh770 Covid-19 Vaccine Cost 24 January 2021 - 5:02 pm A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a Vaccine Covid-19 sticker taken on April 10, 2020. File Kenyans have expressed concerns after Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi announced that a single Covid-19 vaccine jab would cost Ksh770. The country is set to acquire the vaccines through the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and the Covax Initiatives of which it is a member. Through that facility, we have been able to negotiate to the price of Ksh770 for the cost of one vaccine dose. That applies for whatever one vaccine candidate we get, CAS Mwangangi stated.

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Roundup: Kenya s quest to flatten COVID-19 curve gathers momentum amid falling infections - World News

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