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MOH; College Students To Get Covid-19 Vaccines and Booster Shots

SK 3 years ago 2 min read

The Ministry of Health has launched a campaign to provide Covid-19 vaccinations and booster shots to students in colleges and other tertiary institutions.

This is to prevent the virus from spreading in universities and colleges, particularly among the young adult population, according to Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache.

PS Mochache stated that the government is now aiming for over 50,000 students on the campuses of Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC).

“I am urging all the colleges of KMTC to take up their roles of educating communities on models of Covid-19 prevention to curb transmission of the virus,” she said while addressing the press on Saturday, June 18th.

“We have now ensured that under the accelerated Covid-19 vaccination program, all the 71 KMTC campuses serve as vaccination centers.”

She also stated that from January to June 2022, over 20 million vaccine doses will be administered to teenagers aged 15 to 17.

“Kenya has, therefore, laid out plans to administer at least 20 million vaccine doses between January and June 2022, to achieve the mid-year targets and has set specific targets for each of the 47 county governments with an objective of ensuring the administration of vaccine doses according to their population proportions,” Mochache noted.

Meanwhile, 800,000 students who took the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) in 2021 are being immunized before starting university in July.

“As most of them will start joining various collages from July 2022, we appeal to all their parents and guardians to encourage the young adults to be vaccinated before they join their next level of education,” Mochache said at a past address.