There is a silver lining in the fight against coronavirus disease as the country is expected to receive 1.02 million doses of Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine on Tuesday 2 March, 2021. Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the vaccine will arrive on Tuesday and will comprise 1.02 million doses. This is the first batch of the 4.1 million expected doses expected. The vaccine will arrive in Kenya through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (Covax) facility. [File, Standard]Collins Taabu, the head of the National Vaccines and Immunisation Programme in Kenya, explained: “We are expecting 4.1 million doses of the vaccine.

Source: Standard Digital February 28, 2021 18:31 UTC