Kenya to Continue Administering AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Despite Safety Fears

Kenya to Continue Administering AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Despite Safety Fears

Kenya’s Health Ministry says it will continue administering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite safety concerns.

Several countries in Europe, including Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Latvia suspended the use of the vaccine following reports that some recipients developed blood clots after being vaccinated.

Health CAS Rashid Aman said about 10,000 people have been inoculated since the vaccination drive was rolled out in the country on March 5th, adding that no cases of side effects have been reported.

“We are continuing administering the vaccines. The information that is out there right now does not seem to indicate any link between vaccine administration and these particular clotting events that have been reported,” Aman said.

He added: “We have not covered a large number. I think we are looking at about 10,000 vaccinated so far. We have not seen any reactions reported in this period and we will continue to monitor as we await the assessments that are being done at a global level.” 

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to continue using the vaccine, saying its benefits outweigh its risks.
 
“In extensive vaccination campaigns, it is routine for countries to signal potential adverse events following immunization. This does not necessarily mean that the events are linked to the vaccination itself, but it is good practice to investigate them,” WHO said.

Kenya received the first consignment of 1.025 million AstraZeneca jabs from the Serum Institute of India early this month.

 

Comments

Mwororo (not verified)     Fri, 03/19/2021 @ 12:19am

With all those European countries saying no to AsTrazeneca vaccine, how can you keep on administering it to our people? We should at least put it on hold until its safety is confirmed.

Anonymous UI (not verified)     Fri, 03/19/2021 @ 12:27am

Our leaders don't care about our citizens. How can you as a responsible leader be aware that those many countries are concerned or have stopped using that particular jab (AstraZeneca Covid-19) and advise your own citizens to continue taking it and especially when they are not sick.
Those Western nations have more deaths than Kenya and yet they are not administering it to their citizens; they are waiting.
Time for jumping up when the Master coughs is over.
Those who are not awake need to wake up and make decisions for themselves.
Kenyan's take care of yourselves and leave the leaders to lead themselves. They are not leaders, they are opportunists!!

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