Govt Launches Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign Targeting Nairobi Residents

The Ministry of Health in partnership with the Nairobi Metropolitan Services, WHO, USAID and UNICEF have launched an accelerated Covid-19 vaccination campaign targeting Nairobi County.

The multi-agency Covid-19 vaccination campaign dubbed “Kanairo Tuko Chonjo” was launched at Kibra Level 3 Hospital.

The campaign follows an upsurge in cases with the country’s capital having consecutively reported over 65 new daily cases over the past five days.

According to Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache, the accelerated campaign targets to have at least 70 per cent of the population in Nairobi vaccinated in the next six weeks with the region posing a threat of another pandemic wave owing to its high population density.

The ‘Kanairo Tuko Chonjo’ campaign also seeks to debunk myths and rumours around Covid-19 vaccination and to make the vaccination process much easier for Kenyans.

The Ministry of Health is set to increase vaccination centres during the campaign period

Currently, 48.9 per cent (1,492,877) of the population in Nairobi is fully vaccinated against a targeted population of 3,052,494 persons.

Kenya had fully vaccinated 31 per cent of its entire adult population by Wednesday, 1st June.