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Kenya: Storage to Dictate Covid-19 Vaccine Type in Counties
Nation, 20 September 2021
With five different types of Covid-19 vaccines available in the country, two of them will be dispatched to selected counties due to demanding storage requirements. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya's Covid Cases Reach 246,530, Death Toll at 4,989
Nation, 19 September 2021
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Kenya on Sunday increased to 246,530 after 234 more people tested positive from a sample of 3,737 analysed in the last 24 hours. Read more »
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Kenya: Landlords Feel Pinch of Empty Buildings
Nation, 19 September 2021
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Kenya: Kenya Removed From the UK Red List in Revised Covid-19 Travel Regulations
Capital FM, 18 September 2021
Kenya has been removed from the UK red list in revised coronavirus travel regulations. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya to Manufacture Covid-19 Vaccines Starting Next Year
Nation, 16 September 2021
Kenya will next year start manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines locally in collaboration with unnamed pharmaceutical firms in a move aimed at easing supply hitches that have derailed… Read more »
Covid-19 Jab Types Depend on Kenya's Storage Facilities
With five different types of Covid-19 vaccines available in the country, two of them will be dispatched to selected counties due to demanding storage requirements.
Pfizer and Moderna have to be kept at -70° Celsius or below, and -20° Celsius, respectively. Their distribution will, thus, be based on the availability of cold-chain storage facilities.
These are only available in Kitengela, Nairobi, Eldoret, Kisumu, Mombasa, Nakuru, Nyeri, Meru and Kakamega.
The two vaccines will only be distributed to areas that are within a maximum of seven hours from regional depots. Garissa County will also receive them when the shipment of a specialised deep freezer suitable for the climatic condition arrives, writes Nasibo Kabale for The Nation.
As of September 20, 2021 Kenya has recorded 246,530 Covid-19 cases with 237,295 recoveries and 4,989 fatalities.
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