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Health Office

Dear ISK Community,

Greetings, and I hope you are keeping safe!

Two years ago, students had their world turned upside down. Schools closed their doors because of COVID-19, a dangerous new virus that spread quickly throughout communities worldwide. Since then, we have learned a lot. Kenya has come a long way, and so has ISK. Presently, Kenya’s positivity rate stands at 0.5%, while the proportion of fully vaccinated adults stands at 27.7%.

ISK has endeavored to ensure that staff working with students are fully vaccinated in line with KMoH guidelines, further ensuring the health and safety of everyone at the workplace. At ISK, in The Mane- January 21 issue, following a booster drive, we were happy to announce that we are now up to 77% of ISK employees having had the boosters and 99% having received their full vaccines.

Thanks to ISK’s vaccination drive efforts, community members and students took advantage of the vaccine clinics. This was also after Kenya opened up the vaccination from ages 15-18. To this end, if your child is vaccinated, you should send a copy of their vaccination certificate to the Health Office at clinic@isk.ac.ke so that we can update our records. If anyone wishes to get vaccinated or get a booster, please note that these are readily available at all leading hospitals within Nairobi.

We continue to remain hopeful that with the increasing COVID-19 donations to Kenya and uptake of the vaccine among children aged 15-18, the MoH will open this up again to children ages 15 and below. Fully vaccinated children don’t have to spend more time away from learning, friendships, sports, and other activities that are important to their physical and mental health.

Please check out today’s Mane for more details on the Annual Vaccination day and vaccines on offer. In the meantime, with the opening up of sporting activities within schools, we encourage everyone to continue wearing masks, washing hands with soap and water for 20 seconds, and observing social distancing. Have a safe March!

Yours in Partnership, Judy Mbithe and The Health Team

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