- Short shelf life and vaccine hesitancy on the part of the people has led to almost 840,000 Covid-19 vaccines expiring in Kenya even before they could be administered to the people.
Short shelf life and vaccine hesitancy on the part of the people has led to almost 840,000 Covid-19 vaccines expiring in Kenya even before they could be administered to the people. The Kenyan health Ministry’s statement said that the vaccines expired were AstraZeneca vaccines received through the global Covax initiative. It added that the affected vaccines were delivered in January with an expiry date of 28 February.
Only 30% of the targeted population in Kenya have been vaccinated against the coronavirus so far. After the spread of the Pandemic slowed down in recent months, the pace of the vaccination slowed considerably. Currently the daily administration of the vaccine across the country has dropped from some 252,000 doses to 30,000. Out of the total of more than 27 million vaccines Kenya received it has only administered about 17.3 million. The government targets to double the number of Kenyans vaccinated to 27 million by the end of the year, compared to the 8 million reached so far.
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The Ministry revealed that the administration of second doses dropped significantly. Some Kenyans have reluctance particularly for AstraZeneca based on rumours and misinformation, around fertility fears.
