U.S. donates 880,460 doses of the Moderna vaccine to Kenya

Kenya received 880,460 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, donated by the United States government, on Monday morning. These are the first Moderna vaccines received by Kenya, a country with just 1.48% of its population fully vaccinated, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins.

This is the first of two shipments – which will total 1.76 million doses of the Moderna shot – transported to Nairobi with help from UNICEF, the U.N.'s humanitarian group for children.  "We are very grateful to the US Government for this generous donation of Moderna vaccines," Ministry of Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache said in a statement. "This will greatly support the ongoing rollout of Kenya's COVID-19 vaccination campaign and help us reach the target announced by His Excellency President Kenyatta to vaccinate 10 million Kenyans by the end of December 2021."