Anti-vaxx doctor in Kenya, who touted Trump's quack cure hydroxychloroquine, dies of COVID two weeks after declaring vaccines "unnecessary

A Kenyan doctor who became a vociferous opponent of Covid-19 vaccines has succumbed to the virus, weeks after saying the jabs were "totally unnecessary".
Dr Stephen Karanja, chairman of the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association, advocated steam inhalation and hydroxychloroquine tablets.

He clashed with the Catholic church over the safety of Covid jabs.

The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops also distanced itself from Dr Karanja's view on Covid-19 vaccines, saying the vaccines were "licit and ethically acceptable."

Kenya received just over a million vaccine doses from the global Covax initiative, most of which have been administered.

n a letter dated 3 March Dr Karanja said that "there are drugs that have been repurposed and used effectively to treat Covid-19," adding that "we also know that vaccination for this disease is totally unnecessary making the motivation suspect."
He went on in different forums to advocate alternative treatments, including steam inhalation and a cocktail of drugs - including hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, which have not been approved by the WHO to treat Covid-19.

Dr Karanja, who was an obstetrician and gynaecologist, died on Thursday a week after he was admitted to hospital suffering from Covid-19 infection.

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