Teachers Service Commission has lost 41 teachers and three secretariat staff to Covid-19 complications since March 2020.
On Thursday TSC CEO Nancy Macharia gave an update on how the education sector had been hit by the pandemic while rolling out the vaccine campaign for teachers.
Teachers who are 50 years and above will be the first to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in public and private schools, according to Macharia.
Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said Kenya approved Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for use against the new coronavirus.
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On March 3, 1.02 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi.
Covid In Kenya
Kenya on Wednesday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 infections since last year, CS Mutahi Kagwe said.
According to MoH Kenya is officially in its third wave of the outbreak, with 713 more people contracting the virus on Wednesday, out of a sample size of 5,230 people tested for the disease.
“The sheer number itself tells you the whole story, the positivity rate that we are announcing at around 14% is also the highest since the last phase in November,” Kagwe said.
“We are about to start another difficult period, but we can also overcome this period. It has taken a toll on us over the past year, and it is at this time that we can’t let our guard down,“ he noted.
The ministry announced the formation of a National COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Taskforce to handle several tasks, including guidance on the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.
