Kenya: More Lethal Covid-19 Variant Spreading Silently

Kenya appears to be literally shooting in the dark in its battle against Covid-19 after it emerged that an unknown new coronavirus strain is behind the current spike in infections and deaths.

Health experts told the Nation yesterday that the mysterious, more aggressive and lethal variant is silently spreading in communities, but efforts to discover and combat it have been hit by lack of funding.

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