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Kenya hails first Covid-19 vaccines as 'bazookas' against virus

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Kenya has received just over a million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in its first batch under a global facility aimed at ensuring equitable distribution.

“We have received ... machine guns, bazookas, and tanks to fight this war against Covid-19,” Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe told reporters as he received the doses at Nairobi's main airport.

Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe (2ndL) inspects the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines after they've been unloaded from a Qatar Airways flight at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi. — AFP
Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe (2ndL) inspects the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines after they've been unloaded from a Qatar Airways flight at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi. — AFP

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