Kenya develops COVID-19 digital immunization system

 

Kenya’s Ministry of Health (MoH) is set to unveil a new digital immunization records platform set to be used for COVID-19 vaccination.

According to the COVID-19 vaccine advisory task force chair Dr. Willis Akhwale, who spoke with Kenya’s The Nation, the platform has been designed by the ministry of information, communications and technology (ICT) and is solely owned by the government.

“We are still deliberating on what to call it, it’s 100 percent developed by the government with inputs and specifications from my taskforce,” said Dr. Akhwale.

The system will have the capability to do pre-registration. Meaning that people will be registered to it after which it sends the user details and then sets a reminder as to when one should go get the COVID-19 vaccine dose.

During the vaccination, all the records will be captured within the system.

Kenya is projected to receive 4,176,000 doses of COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine from GAVI-COVAX according to an official interim distribution forecast.

“We are waiting for COVAX to communicate and let us know when to expect the vaccines and the exact number of doses they will send over in the first batch, “Dr. Akhwale highlighted.