Nairobi County has been allocated 72,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) Director-General Mohamed Badi has announced. Last week, Kenya received its first consignment of 1.02 million doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine from the Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access initiative (Covax). NMS Health Services Director Josephine Kibaru-Mbae said the vaccination will take place in both public and private health facilities. Among hospitals to get the jabs are Kenyatta National Hospital, Mathari Hospital, Memorial Hospital, Moi Airbase Hospital, National Spinal Injury Hospital and Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital. Some of the private and faith-based health facilities selected include Aga Khan Hospital, St. Francis Community Hospital, Jamaa Mission Hospital, Coptic Hospital, Nairobi Hospital, Ruaraka Uhai Neema Hospital and Mater Hospital.

Source: Daily Nation March 10, 2021 06:33 UTC