This archive report was first published on 21 June 2021.
Kenya's fight against Covid-19 received a significant boost on June 21, 2021, with the arrival of 358,700 Covishield doses at JKIA.
The consignment, a donation from Denmark, was received by senior government officials led by Health Principal Secretary Ababu Namwamba, Ag. Health Director General Dr. Patrick Amoth, and vaccines deployment task force chair Dr. Willis Akhwale.
According to the Ministry of Health, the arrival of the vaccines is expected to boost the ongoing second dose vaccination exercise that commenced late last month.
As of June 21, 192,093 persons had received their second doses, with total vaccinations standing at 1,187,663.
The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose is at 19.3%, with the majority being males at 56% and females at 44%. The proportion of adults fully vaccinated is at 0.74%.
The roll out of the national vaccination campaign is being spearheaded by the Ministry of Health, with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, World Health Organisation, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and other partners.
Also present at the event were Danish ambassador to Kenya Ole Thonke, WHO country director Rudi Eggers, UNICEF country representative Ms. Maniza Zaman, and Sub-saharan Africa Astrazeneca Government affairs Director Dr. Kennedy Njau.
Meanwhile, 218 new Covid-19 cases were recorded from a sample size of 2,577 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the positivity rate to 8.5%.
