COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Kick-off in Kisumu County

Kisumu County Director of Public Health, Fred Oluoch, today became the first person to receive the #COVID19Vaccine this morning as the campaign to vaccinate frontline health workers goes on countrywide after the arrival of 1.02 Million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine in Kenya last week.

This first phase of vaccination will target frontline health workers, critical services providers which include teaching and non-teaching staffs in all educational institutions and the uniformed forces, and will run from January- June 2021.

Kisumu received a total of 54,000 doses that will also be used in the regional counties of Siaya, Homabay, Migori, Kisii and Nyamira.

Kenya’s Covid-19 vaccine deployment plan

The vaccine is set to be distributed in Kenya in three phases running from January 2021 to July 2023.
The second phase which will begin in July 2021 and ends in June 2022 will mainly involve the vaccination of the elderly people in the society, individuals living with chronic diseases and the professionals working in the hospitality and tourism industry.
The third phase of the batch will be for individuals in congregated areas, individuals in care homes, people living in informal settlements which are densely populated, street families, individuals working in care homes, prisons and detention centres and people working in the entertainment, restaurant, retail and banking sector.