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Court bars state from vaccinating children without parents consent

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The High Court in Nairobi has barred the government from vaccinating children under 18 years against Covid-19.

Justice Anthony Mrima issued the orders in a case filed by 11 parents who argued that they had neither been consulted nor asked to consent before their children are vaccinated.

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