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KENYA HEALTH WORKERS HESITANT ABOUT COVID-19 VACCINE.
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KENYA HEALTH WORKERS HESITANT ABOUT COVID-19 VACCINE.

Health workers have doubt about the safety of the vaccine, this coms after Kenyan’s effort to vaccinate its population against health workers. According to various health professional representatives, a lack sensitization and training by the government is contributing to hesitancy yet they have been scientifically proven to be safe and effective. According to the National Vaccine Deployment Plan, the government was to conduct a two-day training last week. Last week 6 health workers took the vaccine publicly to boost confidence to the people. The 6 include Dr.Patrick Amoth, acting director general ministry of health Dr. Kennedy Koech, a Maxillo facial surgeon at KNH; Dr Evanson Kamuri, chief executive of Kenyatta National Hospital,Jemimah Katama,Infection and control officer at...