Earlier in the day, the same health worker had vaccinated two prominent lawyers - Ahmednasir Abdullahi and Donald Kipkorir - with Sputnik V vaccine. On Monday, the Russian embassy in Nairobi distanced itself from Covid-19 Sputnik V vaccine. “Today, I became the second Kenyan to take the Russian Covid-19 Sputnik V vaccine. Mwangangi even claimed the Sputnik V vaccine was not even available in Kenya. On Monday, Russian Embassy distanced itself from the vaccine saying it had been imported into the country by a private entity on commercial basis.

Source: Standard Digital March 30, 2021 19:06 UTC