Kenya’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been guided by science, which helped avoid overreaction to the Omicron variant. Because there was a reaction by other governments but Kenya listened to science and we knew that was not likely the solution to dealing with Omicron,” he said. The quality of vaccine is more important, especially if the vaccine is under emergency use.”Kenya was also training people to administer the vaccines. Kenya is deploying five types of vaccines: viral vector (Astrazeneca and Johnson and Johson), mRNA (Pfizer and Moderna) and inactivated (Sinopharm). Following reports of waning immunity from Covid-19 vaccinations, Kenya started administering third doses as booster shots.

Source: The Star January 21, 2022 21:20 UTC