By: Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of tuko.co.ke. Mount Kenya University has become the first university in the country to purchase a Real-Time PCR machine that will be used for detecting COVID-19. The machine, acquired at Ksh15 million, is set to arrive in days from China through TBC biotechnology corporation. “Ours is a commitment […]
By: Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of Daystar University Daystar University will continue administering classes online, as a few physical classes will be taking place in the campuses come January 2021. In an email sent to the school on Monday, only nursing students, science students and those admitted during the October 2020 physical semester
By: Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of Reuters The Food and drug Administration (FDA) authorized the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna, which joins the Pfizer-BioNTech as the second vaccine available for use in the US. The announcement on Friday came a day after a committee of outside experts endorsed the use of the Moderna
By: Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of Getty Images Food and Drug Administration (FDA) say that Moderna’s vaccine is safe and 95% effective, clearing the way for US emergency authorization. This comes one day after Americans across the country began receiving doses of the Pfizer vaccine.Once approved by the FDA vaccine panel, Moderna will
By Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed that all schools reopen in January 2021 as the country continues battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The Head of State instructed that the Interior Ministry, through all Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs to ensure that all students report to school at the beginning
By Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of Sky News The beginning of the end of the pandemic has begun as the first person in the world has been vaccinated outside a clinical trial. Margaret Keenan, 90, received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at University Hospital in Coventry, as the NHS launched its biggest ever vaccine campaign
