President Uhuru Kenyatta has secured 817,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines during his trip to London. In a statement on Wednesday, the UK government said the vaccines will be shipped to in the coming days. The nine million shots are the first tranche of the UK's commitment to share 100 million vaccine doses internationally by next June. US President Joe Biden pledged 500 million doses of the BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to developing nations just before the G7 Summit. The 500 million doses have been donated to the Covax facility, which will share the vaccines in partnership with the African Union.

Source: The Star July 28, 2021 10:41 UTC