Kenyans to wait longer for locally-made jabs

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Deputy Director General for Health Dr Sultan Matendechero at a past event on November 22, 2023, at Tamarind Tree Hotel. PHOTO | BILLY OGADA | NMG

Kenyans will wait longer for the locally-made human vaccines after the Health ministry said the country has not met the standards required to produce the pharmaceuticals.

The ministry disclosed that the government has not attained the Maturity Level 3 (ML3) status by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board to enable the Moderna vaccine facility to make the vaccines, signalling a worrying state of the medicine regulatory body.

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