[Boniface Okendo, Standard]A consignment of 60,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been received in the North Rift region. They are to carter for Baringo, Nandi, Uasin Gishu, West Pokot, Turkana and Trans Nzoia counties. While receiving the consignment at the Eldoret Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) centre, which is the regional store, Uasin Gishu County Health executive Evelyn Rotich said health workers, teachers and uniformed officers will be prioritised in the vaccination. A total of 6,000 doses will go to the three vaccination centres in Uasin Gishu County, including Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), Huruma County Hospital and Moi Barracks Defense Forces Recruits Training School. The consignment is part of the 1.02 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine that arrived in the country on Tuesday.

Source: Standard Digital March 05, 2021 20:51 UTC