Doctors who profess the Catholic faith have objected to the vaccination which is set to be administered to health workers first. In a statement issued on the day President Uhuru Kenyatta flagged off a consignment of vaccines, the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association (KCDA) argues that there is no need for Kenyans to take the vaccine saying it is unnecessary. Over 1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses arrived in Nairobi, via the Covax facility, marking the start of Kenya’s vaccination campaign. Rejected other vaccinesThis is not the first time Catholic doctors have rejected a vaccine. In 2014, Catholic Doctors opposed the State rollout of a tetanus vaccine targeting women while claiming that it was meant to make women infertile.

Source: Daily Nation March 05, 2021 07:07 UTC