The Ministry of Health in Kenya has received an additional 210,600 doses of the Pfizer vaccine donated by the US government.
The vaccines arrived in Kenya on September 28 and were received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by U.S. Embassy Health Attaché, Dr. Douglas Shaffer.
Speaking after the arrival, Shaffer said that more doses will be coming as he encouraged Kenyans to get vaccinated.
“President Biden recently announced the United States has committed to providing an additional half billion Pfizer doses to low-and middle-income countries around the world. The doses that have already arrived in Kenya and those that are coming will save lives. We continue to encourage Kenyans to get vaccinated to protect yourself, your families, and your communities,” he said.
A few weeks ago, Kenya received the first batch of Pfizer vaccines donated by the US.
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The 795,600 doses arrived at JKIA and was received by Health PS Susan Mochache, Foreign CAS Ababu Namwamba, and the US Embassy in Kenya Chargé d’Affaires Eric Kneedler.
The vaccines are part of the United States’ efforts to combat Covid-19 around the globe committing over one billion doses world-wide.
The US has donated close to 3 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to the people of Kenya.
The arrival of different types of vaccines is a boost to the country's target to have at least 10 million people fully vaccinated by December 2021.
Kenya currently offers five types of vaccines including; Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Johnson and Johnson and Moderna.
