Spacing out Pfizer shots gives antibody boosts
A longer gap between first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine makes the body’s immune system produce more infection-fighting antibodies, UK researchers have...
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China Zhifei’s Covid vaccine largely effective against delta variant, study shows
A covid-19 vaccine developed by a unit of China’s Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products largely retains a neutralizing effect against the Delta variant but there was...
COVID-19: Kagwe calls on counties to ensure they have sufficient capacities
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe says counties must ensure they have sufficient capacity to deal with Covid-19 cases instead of sending patients to Nairobi. Kenya had...
Kenya secures Ksh14B from World Bank for Covid-19 vaccines
Kenya will receive Ksh 14 billion loan from World Bank to boost Covid-19 vaccination drive as the war against covid intensifies. The World Bank approved...
KEMRI upbeat Kenya has what it takes to produce human vaccines
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is optimistic about the country’s long-term domestic vaccine manufacturing capacity. Experts from the institute are in practical terms confident...
Prolonged delay of second covid dose not a worry, Researchers say
COVID-19 vaccine supply shortages have been a huge concern in a number of countries including Kenya. Specifically, there have been heightened worries about compromised immunity...
MoH reassures Kenyans due for second Covishield vaccine dose
The Ministry of Health has Wednesday reassured doctors, health workers and Kenyans who are eligible for the second dose of the Covishield vaccine that...
Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t cause infertility
The Covid-19 vaccine cannot prevent you from getting pregnant. According to Dr Phionah Atuhebwe (Vaccine Introduction Officer, Africa World Health Organization), changes in the menstrual...
WHO approves China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) has Tuesday validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, the second such authorization it has granted to a Chinese...
Covid-19: Kenya receives 72,000 AstraZeneca doses from Juba
Kenya has received 72,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine which arrived from Juba, South Sudan Saturday evening. The Ministry of Health said that Kenyans...