Kenya has this morning received 182,400 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine. The vaccines that arrived at the JKIA early today were donated by the Government of France to the COVAX facility and transported by UNICEF. Dr. Willis Akhwale, Chairman of the Covid Vaccine Deployment Taskforce and who was at the airport to receive the […]
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A Kilifi based medical equipment manufacturing company has won a contract to supply medical equipment to the neighbouring Tanzania. Revital Healthcare EPZ Ltd has received an order of 11 million Covid-19 vaccine syringes from Tanzania, which has ordered the 2ml, 5ml and 10ml vaccine syringes. This follows the improved relationship between Kenya and Tanzania after […]
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The fight against Covid -19 pandemic has received a major boost after the government received Sh 212 million from Japanese government to improve the cold chain capacity for Covid-19 vaccines roll out. This grant makes Kenya one of the 11 countries in the East and Southern Africa region that received about Sh1.2billion in total from the Japanese Embassy. Ambassador of Japan […]
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Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has said students will not be allowed to carry large quantities of sanitizers to schools. The CS has observed that sanitizers have large alcoholic content and learners may opt to misuse the sanitizer instead of using it for intended purposes. Magoha’s statement comes at a time when some schools’ […]
Continue ReadingAbout 1,715 learners from six public schools in Kisumu County risk missing school as from January next year following the submerging of their institutions. Four primary schools and two secondary schools in Nyando and Nyakach sub counties are submerged in water to knee level due to backflow of waters from Lake Victoria since mid this […]
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