'Vaccine apartheid could affect uptake of Covishield'

Covishield.

Covishield is yet to be recognised by the European Medicines Agency though the WHO has endorsed it for emergency use. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

Denying individuals who have been vaccinated by Covishield the chance to travel to certain countries undermines the confidence in life saving vaccines, says the government of Kenya while responding to complaints by travellers that many European Union member had rejected both the negative test and proof of full vaccination.

Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe warned that distrusting vaccines that have already been shown to be safe and effective by the World Health Organization (WHO) risks putting billions of lives at risk.