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Kenya: Covid-19 Hits Unvaccinated Patients Hardest, Hospital Data Reveals
Nation, 26 August 2021
Unvaccinated patients are taking the hardest hit from Covid-19 infections and forming the bulk of admissions in hospitals, data from a city hospital has showed. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyatta Blames 'Vaccine Apartheid', India Crisis for Slowed Jabs
Nation, 25 August 2021
President Uhuru Kenyatta has blamed the slow pace of Covid-19 vaccination on what he called vaccine apartheid in the global market, saying it had hurt the continent. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya's Covid-19 Deaths Up to 4,600 After 36 Late Death Reports Recorded
Capital FM, 25 August 2021
The total COVID-19 fatalities in Kenya stood at 4,600 on Wednesday after 36 patients succumbed to the disease, all of them being late deaths reported after facility record audits… Read more »
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Kenya: Private Sector Raises Sh1 Billion for Covid-19 Vaccines Procurement
Capital FM, 25 August 2021
The Government said Wednesday it had signed an agreement with the private sector on the importation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and so far, Sh1 billion has been deposited… Read more »
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Kenya: Don't Be Choosy, Kenyans Told of Covid-19 Vaccine Types
Capital FM, 24 August 2021
With multiple COVID-19 vaccines available in the Country, the government has urged Kenyans not to be choosy when seeking to be vaccinated. Read more »
Unvaccinated Covid-19 Patients Hardest Hit, Data in Kenya Shows
Unvaccinated patients are taking the hardest hit from Covid-19 infections and forming the bulk of admissions in hospitals, data from a city hospital has showed.
Records collected by the Buru Buru-based Metropolitan Hospital in Nairobi since August 1 show that nearly 90% of their Covid-19 admissions are unvaccinated patients.
The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a study that showed that unvaccinated people are 29 times more likely to be hospitalised with severe Covid-19 disease, writes Hellen Shikanda for The Nation.
The government has urged Kenyans not to be choosy when seeking to be vaccinated as there is no vaccine that is superior to the other when it comes to the prevention of severe diseases and death.
As of August 20, 2021 Kenya has recorded 232,052 Covid-19 cases with 216,127 recoveries and 4,600 fatalities.
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A health worker receives the jab at Marimanti Sub-County Hospital (file photo).
