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Kenya receives additional 210, 000 COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine doses

Tuesday, September 28th, 2021 07:41 | By

Kenya has received additional 210,000 doses of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine from US government boost vaccination exercise in the country.

Kenya had earlier received 795,600 of the vaccine doses from the US.

Speaking at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport while receiving the first batch of the donation from the US government, Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache, who was representing Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the consignment will go a long way in accelerating the ongoing vaccination campaign as Kenya strives to immunize 60 per cent of its population.

“This is now the fourth type of Covid-19 vaccine to be deployed in Kenya. With this consignment, the country will now have received over 6.3 million doses of assorted vaccines” observed PS Mochache.

Mochache said the Kenyan government continue to commit funds for procurement of vaccines by engaging manufacturers and other stakeholders both at national and regional level to ensure all those who are eligible access vaccines.

This even as she called on health facilities to ensure they upload information of every person being vaccinated to the Chanjo platform.

“This is important in ensuring that we get accurate reports for purposes of planning. I want to caution here that those facilities that will not comply shall be delisted as vaccination centres.” warned the PS.

Speaking at the same event, Acting US Ambassador to Kenya Eric Kneedler said the United States remain committed in supporting Kenya recover from the pandemic.

UNICEF Kenya Deputy Representative Jean Lokenga said the donation was a welcome boost to the ongoing vaccination drive adding that a further 1,236,690 doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be arriving in the country in the coming weeks.

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