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Covid vaccines waste away as many Kenyans ignore the jab

Covid-19 vaccines

Kenyan officials receiving Covid vaccine donation at JKIA in September 2021. Close to 300,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccines are still in storage depots even as 11.2 million eligible adults are yet to seek their first dose.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

Close to 300,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccines are still in storage depots even as 11.2 million eligible adults are yet to seek their first dose.

Aside from concerns that the drugs could expire, Ministry of Health official also warn that people who have not had their booster shots despite surpassing their due dates are at risk of contracting Covid-19.