There seems to be hope for a majority of Kenyans after the government confirmed that indeed it had set out to start admission of covid 19 vaccines from February which follows after health cabinet secretary Mutahi Kagwe during a press conference today said they had already procured 24 million doses of the Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccine expected within the next month.
The vaccine is prefered over other approved vaccines due to its ease of distribution and that it does not require special storage such as the use of refrigerators.
Kagwe has also maintained that this will be on a voluntary basis with the first people being the infected persons and front-line workers such as the nurses, teachers etc. Though the government has said it will offer the vaccine for free it would be so unlikely for the private sector as they might go the commercial way.
The private sector and also other private entities are set to boost the batch of vaccine in the country such as the CDC Africa which also has a purchase in platform set to supply through a system organized by African countries essentially the CDC in Ethiopia, Adis Ababa.
The number of covid 19 persons who have succumbed to the infections has so far risen to 97,398 with fatalities rising up to 1,694 since the virus was announced in the country 10 months ago.
The virus has led up to untold suffering in the country leading to job losses and ruining of the country’s economy. the cabinet, however, has still maintained that people should still adhere to covid 19 measures of maintaining a social distance of up to 1 metre and wearing of masks and also the use of hand sanitisers.
Kenya is among 92 middle income countries countries that will be able to access the covid 19 vaccine through the covacs scheme run under the World Health Organization (WHO)under
