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Why vaccinating children for Covid-19 is not a priority

A nurse prepares the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in Nairobi on April 21, 2021. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Kenya's biggest economic and health challenge, the Covid-19 pandemic, has been allocated Sh15.4 billion of which Sh3.9 billion will be for procuring vaccines and Sh9.5 billion for engagement of specialists, tests and supplying equipment to hospitals.

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