Kenya, Tunisia pledge to enhance collaboration in health sector

Kenya and Tunisia have pledged to enhance their collaboration in the health sector especially in the production of medical and pharmaceutical commodities. 

Speaking during a bilateral meeting between Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and his Tunisian counterpart Ali Mrabet, held at the side-lines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, the two African nations agreed to enhance bilateral relations to foster technology sharing in vaccine manufacturing. 

The two ministers said the new development was informed by valuable lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic and the need to be self-reliant.

Meanwhile 75 people have tested positive for the Covid-19, from a sample size of 2,248 tested in the last 24 hours. 

According to the ministry of health the positivity rate is now at 3.3 percent. The ministry says from the cases 51 are Kenyans while 24 are foreigners. 

The youngest is six year old while the oldest is 72 years old. The total confirmed positive cases now stand at 324,349.