London, Oct. 31, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Kenya has kicked off the clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, a Covid-19 vaccine candidate.  The vaccine has been developed by the University of Oxford in partnership with AstraZeneca. Kenya becomes the second African country to trial the vaccine after South Africa. In a statement on ...

London, Oct. 28, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The World Health Organization (WHO) says Kenya has witnessed what it calls a dramatic rise in Covid-19 cases over the last month. The WHO says the country reported 4,594 new cases in the past week – up 51% on the previous week. READ ALSO: OKONJO-IWEALA CLEARS LAST HUDDLE AFTER ENDORSEMENT BY ...

London, Sep. 22, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Kenya’s Chief Justice, David Maraga, has written to the country’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, recommending that he dissolves parliament for its failure to enact a law on gender balance. Maragga’s recommendations follow six petitions calling for the dissolution of parliament. READ ALSO: UGANDAN ARMY KILLS 13 PRISON ESCAPEES AFTER MASSIVE JAILBREAK The ...

London, Sep. 16, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Kenya has reviewed its Covid-19 trends and exempted Tanzanians and visitors from Tanzania from the 14 days mandatory quarantine when they arrive in the country, The Nation reported. This is after the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) included Tanzania among states and territories whose travellers into the country will be exempt from quarantine. KCAA has updated the list ...

London, Sep. 16, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Curious onlookers flock the scene where a vehicle that was transporting the body to a mortuary developed mechanical hitch after the corpse allegedly ‘refused’ to be taken to the morgue. A family from Lugari sub-county cut short a trip to the mortuary after the body of their kin allegedly” refused” to ...

London, Sep. 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The Kenyan government has approved the first Covid-19 vaccine trials to be conducted in the country. The approval posted by Pharmacy and Poisons Board on Tuesday allows for the Oxford University-developed vaccine to be tested in Kenya. READ ALSO: OXFORD VACCINE: SOUTH AFRICAN VOLUNTEERS READY FOR TRIAL DESPITE REPORTED PROBLEM The ...

London, August 27, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Kenya’s president extended a nationwide curfew for another 30 days on Wednesday, saying coronavirus cases were rising in areas outside the capital. In a televised address, Uhuru Kenyatta also ordered bars and nightclubs shut for another 30 days – but increased the number of people allowed to attend weddings, funerals and ...

London, August 17, 2020 (AltAfrica)-More Kenyan women are giving birth at home and deaths are not being reported to authorities due to fear of Covid-19, new data released by the government shows. As Kenya and the rest of the world reel from the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, pregnant women, afraid to contract the ...

London, August 15, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Five hundred and fifteen more Covid-19 infections have raised the total number of confirmed cases in Kenya to 29,849, according to the Health ministry’s report on Saturday. Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Mercy Mwangangi told the daily media briefing at Afya House in Nairobi that 6,353 samples had been tested in ...

London, August 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A further analysis of antibodies test has scaled down the number of Kenyans possibly infected with Covid-19 after at least 1.6 million people were found to be carrying antibodies, a study has revealed Exposure in the entire population could be higher because the 1.6 million are only those aged 15 to ...