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Private importer set to export remaining Sputnik V vaccine doses from Kenya
By Elphas Lagat,
741, April 9, 2021 (EAT)
The decision to ban the importation, distribution and use of the Sputnik V vaccine led to controversy in the country with the Ministry of health shift...
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Kenya’s COVID-19 positivity rate at 14.9% after 1,698 people test positive; 16 dead
By Ian Omondi,
1827, April 8, 2021 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health on Thursday announced that 1,698 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 11,352 tested in the last 24 hours, ...
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Blow to Sputnik vaccine importers in Kenya as Gov’t locks out private sector in roll-out plan
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1411, April 8, 2021 (EAT)
No private entity will be involved in the Phase 1 procurement of COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya, the Ministry of Health has declared. According to Heal...
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KNH suspends planned surgeries due acute shortage of medical oxygen
By Citizen Reporter,
1347, April 8, 2021 (EAT)
The country's largest referral facility, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has been forced to scale down on surgeries due to an acute shortage of oxyge...
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Relief for HIV patients in Kenya as gov’t resolves row over ARVs distribution
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1444, April 7, 2021 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health now says the standoff that had left the country staring at a crisis of ARVs shortage has been resolved and the essential drugs ...
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Gov’t bans importation, sale and use of private COVID-19 vaccines
By Tonny Ndungu,
1825, April 2, 2021 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health has banned importation, distribution and administration of private COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe's announ...
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Kagwe roots for social protection to cushion economically vulnerable Kenyans
By Citizen Reporter,
1548, March 31, 2021 (EAT)
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has underscored the role of social protection programmes’ to ease economic challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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Leopards greats Okwemba, Barasa differ on gov’t ban on sports
By Godfrey Ashiali,
1116, March 30, 2021 (EAT)
AFC Leopards former greats Charles Okwemba and Mike Barasa have differed on government's ban on sports activities. Last week, President Uhuru Kenya...
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Kenya records 18 deaths as 902 people test positive for COVID-19
By Ian Omondi,
1147, March 30, 2021 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health on Monday announced that 902 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 3,395 tested in the last 24 hours, takin...
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COVID-19 crisis: CS Kagwe now urges Kenyans to surrender oxygen gas cylinders
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1731, March 29, 2021 (EAT)
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe now says the country is facing an oxygen crisis in hospitals due to lack of oxygen gas cylinders amid the rising...
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COVID-19: Kenya records 1,463 new cases, 498 recoveries, 26 deaths
By Ian Omondi,
2013, March 25, 2021 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health on Thursday announced that 1,463 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 8,976 tested in the last 24 hours, t...
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First Lady Margaret Kenyatta calls for renewed commitment to shield infants from HIV, Syphilis
By PSCU,
1959, March 23, 2021 (EAT)
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has called for a renewed commitment to the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT) of HIV and Syphilis in the...
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57 COVID-19 protocol breakers sentenced to one week of community service
By Tonny Ndungu,
1135, March 23, 2021 (EAT)
A Kibera court has sentenced 57 people to a week of community service across the city for violating the Ministry of Health COVID-19 protocols. The lo...
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COVID-19 positivity rate rises to 22pc as 1130 new cases reported
By Tonny Ndungu,
758, March 23, 2021 (EAT)
In the last 24 hours, 1130 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kenya from a sample size of 5119, pushing the total of confirmed cases to 122,0...
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Doctors who have succumbed to COVID-19 in Kenya
By Rachel Ombaka,
1052, March 21, 2021 (EAT)
A total of 16 doctors have succumbed to COVID-19 in Kenya since the first case was reported in the country in March last year. Also Read: Kenyan CO...
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17 more patients dead as Kenya records 1,225 new COVID-19 cases
By Ian Omondi,
1911, March 18, 2021 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health on Thursday announced that 1,225 people tested positive for COVID-19 out of a sample size of 7,308 tested in the last 24 hours,...
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CS Kagwe warns of ‘more aggressive’ COVID-19 strain as 1,279 new cases recorded
By Ian Omondi,
1000, March 18, 2021 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced that 1,279 people tested positive for COVID-19 from 7,450 samples, taking the total caseload to 116,310....
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16 Kenyatta University students who developed a ventilator yet to get approval
By Ben Kirui,
1320, March 14, 2021 (EAT)
It's been almost one year since 16 students at Kenyatta University developed ventilators and swabs to help the government combat the COVID-19 pandemic...
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9,144 frontline workers vaccinated as COVID-19 caseload hits 112,805
By Citizen Reporter,
1930, March 13, 2021 (EAT)
9,144 frontline workers have been vaccinated in 40 counties since the exercise was launched, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said. He said county distri...
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COVID-19 in Kenya: 750 new cases, two deaths, 215 recoveries
By Citizen Reporter,
1556, March 12, 2021 (EAT)
750 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kenya out of a sample size of 6,264 tested in the last 24 hours. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said the to...
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