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Pharmacy board allows Russia's Sputnik-V Covid vaccine in Kenya

 A man is injected with Sputnik-V vaccine against the coronavirus disease in Ukraine on February 3, 2021. The vaccine is soon going to be available in Kenya through a private pharmacy. [Reuters] 

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has given Emergency Use Approval for the Russian-developed Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, in Kenya through a private pharmacy.

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