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Nairobi and Mombasa Identified as COVID-19 Hotspots

Health Chief Administrative Secretary, Mercy Mwangangi, has attributed the surging rate of infection to high importation of cases into the two counties at the beginning of the pandemic. The ministry of health urged people residing in Nairobi and the coastal city to be more alert and adhere to the guidelines issued by the government.

Kenya: Nairobi and Mombasa Are COVID Hotspots

Capital FM, 25 June 2020

The Ministry of Health Wednesday said Mombasa and Nairobi Counties are leading with the highest attack rates of COVID-19 at 107.9 and 55.2 per 100,000 population respectively as… Read more »
Kenya: Nairobi Virus Rate Dwarfs National Average With 107 Cases Per 100,000 People

Capital FM, 25 June 2020

The Ministry of Health Wednesday said Mombasa and Nairobi Counties are leading with the highest COVID-19 infection rates at 107.9 and 55.2 per 100,000 population respectively as… Read more »
Kenya: COVID-19 Risk Greater in Mombasa County

Nation, 24 June 2020

You're more likely to contract Covid-19 in Mombasa than in any other county, though Nairobi has the highest number of cases. Read more »

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Kenyan Govt Bans Night Burials for COVID-19 Related Deaths

Families of Covid-19 patients who have been buried by health officials donned in personal protective gear have decried the manner in which their family members have been buried, ... Read more »
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Kenya Rolls Out Home Care For Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patients

Isolation facilities are full and since 80% of the patients in various hospitals are asymptomatic many will be released to be taken care of at home, according to Health Cabinet ... Read more »
- Kenya: Govt to Roll Out Home-Based Care for COVID-19 Patients, Kagwe Says
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COVID-19 Causes Fistula Patients to Shy Away From Hospitals

Health workers say patients fear contracting the virus, forcing those with obstetric fistula, a childbirth-related injury caused by birthing complications, to suffer in silence. ... Read more »
- Kenya: Fistula Patients Suffer in Silence Amid COVID-19
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Experts Urge Caution as Kenyatta Plans to Ease COVID-19 Curfew

President Uhuru Kenyatta has hinted that he may relax the curfew and containment measures in several counties that were implemented on March 2. He has also announced allocating ... Read more »
- Kenya: Experts Urge Caution as Kenyatta Plans to Reopen Country
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COVID-19 Measures Hit Kenya's Informal Workers Hardest

The government in March introduced a raft of measures including banning of all passenger flights, temporary closure of bars, suspension of learning in all education institutions, ... Read more »
- Kenya: Youth Emerge as COVID-19 Superspreaders
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A Nairobi resident uses improvised materials to protect himself from the novel coronavirus.

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