Tetanus vaccine safe, say experts as three samples due for further test

Chairman of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops Stephen Karanja (right) briefs the press on the progress of investigations on a controversial tetanus vaccine. Looking on is Dr Fred Were, dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Nairobi. [Photo: Beverlyne Musili/Standard]

Kenyans will still have to wait longer for a conclusive report on the controversial tetanus vaccine being investigated by a joint team of experts.

The experts drawn from the Ministry of Health and the Catholic Church said while preliminary results from a local laboratory showed that some vials contained beta HCG, the majority of those tested were negative.