A patient being vaccinated with the Chinese Sinovac vaccine. The approval paves way for countries that still need vaccines such as those in Africa to import it as shortage continues to bite. “The world desperately needs multiple COVID-19 vaccines to address the huge access inequity across the globe,” Mariangela Simao, the WHO’s assistant director-general for access to health product stated. China was the first country in the world to report a COVID-19 case in Wuhan city. Vaccine shortageA fortnight ago, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe noted that there was a looming shortage of the COVID-19 in the country.

Source: Daily Nation June 02, 2021 12:00 UTC