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A KENYAN doctor who became a high-profile anti-vaccine campaigner has died after contracting Covid-19, it was confirmed today.
Dr Stephen Karanja died on Thursday in the high-dependency unit of a private hospital in the capital Nairobi.
He was a vocal conspiracy theorist, helping to spread myths involving Microsoft founder Bill Gates and the coronavirus being part of a bid to cull the world’s population.
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