AstraZeneca vaccine storage kit at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]Kenya Medical Research Institute will conduct clinical trials of two Covid-19 vaccines from the US and China for approvals as the country struggles to address shortage of the jabs to fight coronavirus. “We want to have options so that even if Astra Zeneca is not there we would still have other vaccines,” he explained. Prof Mwau said Kenyans should not worry about the shortage of Astra Zeneca or delayed supplies for second injections. Take a surveyOne million Kenyans have since received Astra Zeneca jabs and were waiting for the second round, but rising infections in India where the supplies come from led to a delay.

Source: Standard Digital May 26, 2021 21:00 UTC