Like many other people in Siaya County, Western Kenya, Margaret Awino, a member of the Doho Ukwaka Magombe Masat Association (DUMMA) women’s group, was fearful of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine due to negative rumours circulating in the community. “When the COVID-19 vaccination was introduced I heard people say it will kill older people.
I was afraid. But I have now been well-informed and I have also seen that those who were vaccinated earlier did not die. I want to go for vaccination.
And today I heard WHO say that when one is vaccinated and gets the disease, it will not be severe enough to cause death,” said Margaret.