Kenya has ordered 30 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine against Covid, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said on Tuesday. There is a global shortfall of the AstraZeneca vaccine after India blocked export orders by its Serum Institute. As a result, Covax has a shortfall of 90 million doses and is now looking to Pfizer and Johnson to meet its requirements. Mutahi Kagwe has already said that Kenya has "reached out to the highest levels of the US government" for a share of its AstraZeneca doses. There is a special relationship between Kenya and the USA but the Biden administration should cement that with an early delivery of its surplus AstraZeneca doses to Kenya.

Source: The Star May 13, 2021 00:56 UTC