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Kenya: COVID-19 - No Easy Day in the Life of a Healthcare Worker
Nation, 14 July 2020
Marvin Kairu does not remember how he got exposed to coronavirus but suspects that he must have got it when drawing samples from one of the patients referred to him. Read more »
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East Africa: Kenya Has Highest Rate of Deaths in the Region
Nation, 14 July 2020
Kenya's Covid-19 death toll is high and continues to rise compared to other countries in the Eastern Africa region. Read more »
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Kenya: Govt Commits to Protect Health Workers After 4 Deaths
Capital FM, 15 July 2020
The Ministry of Health now says that four healthcare workers have so far succumbed to coronavirus in the line of duty since the first case was reported in the country mid-March. Read more »
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Kenya: 429 Medics Contract COVID-19
Nation, 15 July 2020
A total of 429 health workers have tested positive for Covid-19, with the latest being staff at Kenya's largest maternity referral hospital. Read more »
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Kenya: More Employees of Pumwani Maternity Hospital Test Positive for COVID-19
Nairobi News, 14 July 2020
A total of 41 staff members at Pumwani Maternity Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19. Out of this number 19 are healthcare workers and 22 are support staff. Read more »
No Easy Day in Life of a Kenyan Health Worker Amid COVID-19
More than 400 healthcare workers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, while the country is registering the most confirmed cases in East Africa.
InFocus
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Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has said it will not be practical and safe to re-open schools because the peak period for the novel coronavirus infections is ... Read more »
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The continued ban on the importation, which was a temporary measure to contain COVID-19, is putting 2 million livelihoods at stake, according to the Mitumba Association of Kenya ... Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
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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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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 »
