Catholic Doctor Who Urged Kenyans to Reject COVID-19 Vaccine Dies of the Virus

A Catholic doctor who made headlines last month after urging Kenyans not to be inoculated against COVID-19 has died from the virus. Dr. Stephen Karanja, chairman of the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association (KCDA), succumbed to the disease on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at Mater Hospital in Nairobi, according to Jacinta Mutegi of the Catholic Health Commission. In early March, Dr. Karanja released a statement urging Kenyans not to receive the COVID-19 jab, saying it was “unnecessary.”