Nairobi, Kenya has a new hospital equipped with 100 hospital beds and COVID-19 treating facilities to cater to those with the means to afford its health services – including diplomats and United Nations staff as it was built in collaboration with the international organisation at a cost of 8 million US dollars.
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, seemed in high spirits about the hospital inauguration, “This facility I believe will serve as a showcase for the United Nations in Africa and globally. It will cater to the United Nations staff and their families, the entire diplomatic community in Kenya and augment the health capacity in Kenya.
Pandemic Progress?
Kenya has begun phase 1 trials of one of the leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates which have been developed by the University of Oxford in partnership with the pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca.
