Govt to build a vaccine factory at a cost of Ksh 2.5B
The government intends to put up a vaccine manufacturing facility to support production of various vaccines including COVID 19 jabs.The plant that is estimated to...
Covid-vaccine
Kenya eyes joint vaccine production in China’s Kshs. 1.1T investment plan
Local pharmaceutical companies could become beneficiaries of a joint vaccine production that Kenya is targeting in collaboration with People’s Republic of China. During the just...
Bar owners, taxi operators call for easing of Covid restrictions
With just a few hours before Kenya receives the first batch of COVID-19 1.02 million doses, bar owners and taxi operators are calling for relaxation...
Covid vaccine: WHO warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’
The world faces a “catastrophic moral failure” because of unequal Covid vaccine policies, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Tedros Adhanom...
WHO issues warning as new virus variant continues to spread
The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning the world will have to learn to live with Covid-19 despite talk of a vaccine. At the same...
First person ‘privileged’ to get first Covid jab
A 90-year-old woman from Northern Ireland has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine outside trial conditions – marking...
Covid vaccine: Pfizer says it’s ‘94% effective in over 65s’
The Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech appears to protect 94% of adults over 65 years old. More data released from their ongoing phase...
WHO sees limited COVID-19 vaccine doses in early 2021
The World Health Organization expects ‘very limited’ COVID-19 vaccine doses available in the first half of 2021. WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said that she...
Kagwe stand on Covid-19 vaccine stirs heated debate
The discovery of a Covid-19 vaccine and subsequent questions over its efficacy remains of interest to many Kenyans ahead of President Kenyatta’s State the Nation...