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Kenya to get Sh14 billion World Bank loan for Covid-19 vaccines

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A Kenyan health worker administers the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to colleagues to help fight coronavirus at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi on March 5, 2021. PHOTO | FILE

By  ELIZABETH KIVUVA

Kenya will receive a Sh14 billion ($130 million) loan to boost its Covid-19 vaccination plan, widening the financing obligation with the international lender.

The World Bank approved the funds on Tuesday that will enable the country to procure more vaccines and widen its inoculation exercise countrywide.

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