Kenya’s frontline workers to be vaccinated soon
Kenya’s coronavirus vaccine roll-out will begin next month, with 1.25 million frontline workers to receive injections between February and June. Dr Mercy Mwangangi, the chief administrative secretary for health, said the programme would be divided into three phases with the first giving priority to healthcare workers, security and immigration officers. She More...
Kenya Will Not Ban UK Travel, Awaits Directive from WHO
Kenya announced today that it will not follow other countries that have suspended flights from and into the UK travel despite the new strain of the Coronavirus. According to a Business Daily report, Health CS More...
Tougher Restrictions for London & the South as Tier 4 restrictions are Imposed
It feels like Christmas for many in London and the South East is cancelled as the PM Boris Johnson announced tough new restrictions and social distancing measures for London and nearby areas on Saturday in an attempt More...
Its Tier 3 for London after a surge in Covid 19 cases
As London prepares to go into tier 3 lockdown starting from Midnight today. Hospitality and pub businesses stare at losses and uncertainty once again. Some boroughs have recorded more cases than others. A combination More...
Kenya orders 24 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine
The doses will cost Kenya a total of Sh10 billion, the ministry confirmed. In Summary • Doses to arrive early next year, to cover 20 per cent of Kenya’s population •The announcement More...
A blow for London as leaders consider moving the city to tier 3 amid rising rates
According to the BBC Website: Latest data show rising COVID 19 cases in London two weeks to Christmas prompting MPs and officials to consider moving the capital to TIER 3 as early as today. l Council leaders More...
Yemen Refugees flee to Somalia for Safety.
Irin Somalia is the new home for 30,560 people who have fled the fighting in Yemen and are trying to adjust to life in a country that – while no longer written off as a “failed state” – certainly has its More...
Kenyan doctors mourn death of young colleague from COVID-19
Kenyan doctors on Wednesday decried the death of a 28-year-old physician from COVID-19 as the latest example of dangerous and unjust working conditions in government hospitals. Stephen Mogusu was employed on a temporary More...
Wheels for life – Ambulance service responding to women in labour – Kenya
Doctors in Nairobi realising the rising rates of women during childbirth came together and established a free ambulance service that responds to women in labour during the covid 19 pandemic. To curb the spread More...
Kenya closes borders to Tanzania and Somalia over coronavirus
Reuters: Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday banned movement across the country’s borders with Tanzania and Somalia to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. He exempted cargo trucks but said drivers More...
