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Kenya receives receives 1 million vaccines from COVAX

Reluctance in uptake of Covid-19 vaccine - Standard Health


 
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 Dentists Union (KMPDU), said she is reluctant to receive the vaccine, over claims that its efficacy has not been determined. ....

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Teachers demand new allowances for handling rowdy students


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Knut Secretary-General and Nominated MP Wilson Sossion. [File, Standard]
Teachers have continued to pile pressure, through their unions, to demand new allowances and review of their remuneration terms from their employer. 
Separate meetings for teachers in Kericho and Nakuru counties saw them agitate for new allowances, which they say are to cushion them from working under risky conditions.
In Kericho County, the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) demanded that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) pay them risk allowances for handling dangerous laboratory chemicals and “rowdy” students. 
We want a risk allowance so that in case a teacher is affected in any way, their dependents will not suffer, said the newly-elected branch chairman Jonah Korir.  ....

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