Over 11,000 receive Covid-19 Vaccine in Kirinyaga County

By The Mountain Journal Team in Kerugoya

As Kenyans continue receiving Covid-19 vaccine, 11,068 people in Kirinyaga County have so far been vaccinated.

Records from the county’s Department of Health indicate that the recipients got the jab at the nine designated health facilities across the county.

Among those vaccinated include 2,016 health workers, 1,724 teaching and non-teaching staff, 623 uniformed officers and 6,705 among the general public who include those aged 58 years and above, and religious leaders.

Kerugoya County and Referral Hospital has vaccinated the highest number totaling to 3,336 followed by Kianyaga Sub County Hospital with 1,714 recipients, Sagana Sub County hospital with 1,814, Kimbimbi Sub County Hospital with 1,360 and Thiba Health Center registering 1,031.

Kerugoya Medical Center registered 640 recipients, Mt Kenya Hospital has had 396, while 407 and 370 people were vaccinated at Mwea Medical Center and Mwea Mission Hospital respectively.

Governor Anne Waiguru who has also taken Covid-19 vaccine has urged all the health workers, the elderly and other prioritized members of the public to ensure that they get the vaccine.

At the same time she called upon all Kirinyaga residents to strictly adhere to the laid down Covid-19 prevention measures which include wearing masks properly whenever in public, keeping physical and social distance, avoiding crowded areas and washing hands as required.

She said that he county has registered a total of 549 Covid-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic, with 448 and 24 patients successfully recovering from home-based care and isolation centers respectively.

Currently there are two patients undergoing treatment in isolation center while another 34 are recovering under home based care. However the county has lost 11 patients to the disease, four of them during the current wave.

The governor has urged all residents to strictly adhere to the laid down Covid-19 prevention guidelines in order to keep the numbers down. She said that the county has been keen in implementation of prevention measures as the first line of defense against the virus whose spread has so far been kept under manageable levels.

Even though the number of Covid-19 patients requiring admission in hospital has always remained minimal, the county government has in place adequate isolation beds in case the numbers rise. The county has placed 144 isolation beds in Kerugoya, Kimbimbi, Kianyaga and Baricho hospitals.

Another 200 beds are awaiting the completion of the upcoming Kerugoya Level Five Hospital where they will be placed. The county also has eight ventilators stationed at Kerugoya County and Referral Hospital isolation center.

Out of the isolation beds, 30 have been set aside for the county’s health workers who might fall sick. However, none has so far been admitted there even though 17 of them have contracted the disease and recovered.

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