The country has received 880,000 doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine today morning from the United States.
Moderna vaccine is the 2nd vaccine to be deployed in the country with Pfizer vaccine scheduled to be delivered next month.
Speaking while receiving the consignment at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache said all vaccines that have been deployed in Kenya have been approved by the World Health Organization.
“Do not wait for the best vaccine, the best vaccine is the one in your arm. All vaccines will protect you from the Delta variant,” she said.
She urged Kenyans to get vaccinated noting that all vaccines being deployed in the country are safe.
Mochache said the government has revised vaccination plan to ensure 10 million people are vaccinated by end this year to reduce community transmission.
In a day, the ministry’s target is 150,000 doses.
According to Mochache, the ministry shall increase vaccination posts from 800 to 3000 and deploy one vaccine to a centre.
Further, she said that the country has received freezers with the capacity for 3 million doses and 15 more freezers from American firm UPS will be coming in.
The country was expecting to receive 1.7 million doses of Moderna, 393,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in the next few weeks and 1.8 million doses of Pfizer vaccine in September this year.
The vaccines will help boost the country’s vaccination efforts at a time it is battling a surge in infections.
According to the Ministry of Health, the vaccines, donated by the US are expected to boost the ongoing vaccination campaign that has seen 2,396,064 people receive at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
The total first doses received are 1,615,687 while second doses are 780,377.
The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose is at 48.3 per cent with the majority being males at 55 per cent while females are at 45 per cent.
The proportion of adults fully vaccinated now stands at 2.9 per cent.