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Wajir County records five new COVID-19 cases
KCD Writer Posted On May 5, 2020


Wajir County recorded five new coronavirus cases, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. The five patients had a travel history to Mogadishu in Somalia, which neighbours the county to the east. Somalia has the second highest number of COVID-19 […]


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Editor's Choices  / Health  / Nairobi  / National News  / Top News
Concern as Eastleigh records 29 of Kenya’s 45 new COVID-19 cases
KCD Writer Posted On May 5, 2020


An active debate among Kenyans was ignited online on Tuesday after Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced that the government reported 45 new COVID-19 cases, with 29 of them coming from Nairobi’s Eastleigh area. The word “Eastleigh” was a trending […]


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Health  / Mandera
Mandera Governor rules out sending COVID-19 samples to Wajir
KCD Writer Posted On May 5, 2020


People in Mandera County will have to wait a little longer to get the results of the tests of their samples for COVID-19 after Governor Ali Roba said that the county will no longer send them to Wajir. Governor Roba, […]


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Editor's Choices  / Health  / Murang'a  / Top News
Murang’a County completes ICU unit before 21-day deadline
KCD Writer Posted On May 3, 2020


Murang’a County Governor Mwangi Wa Iria announced that the 35-bed state-of-the-art Intensive Care Unit facility at Murang’a Level 5 Hospital was ready to admit its first patient after work on the facility was completed two days before the set 21-day […]


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Health  / Isiolo
Isiolo Governor dismisses claims of renting COVID-19 equipment
KCD Writer Posted On May 3, 2020


Isiolo County Governor Mohamed Kuti denied accusations that the county government rented some of the Covid-19 intensive care unit beds at Isiolo Referral Hospital from a private facility. An interest group called Isiolo Human Rights Defenders (IHRD) sought to have […]


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Editor's Choices  / Health  / Mandera  / National News  / Top News
Mandera Governor warns of COVID-19 threat from Somalia
KCD Writer Posted On May 3, 2020

A team of health officials has been dispatched to trace people who may have come into contact with the two individuals who tested positive for coronavirus in Mandera County.

Mandera Governor Ali Roba on Sunday warned that the county faces a looming threat of cross-border transmission of the deadly coronavirus from neighbouring Somalia. Somalia is the second worst affected country in the East and Horn of Africa regions with […]


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Health  / Migori
Migori County records first COVID-19 case
KCD Writer Posted On May 3, 2020


Migori County recorded its first COVID-19 case after the Ministry of Health announced it had reported two cases from the region. The two cases, from Kuria West, were part of a total of 24 cases that were found from 1,195 […]


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Editor's Choices  / Health  / Nairobi  / Top News
COVID-19 cases in Kawangware, Eastleigh exceed 40
KCD Writer Posted On May 2, 2020


As the number of COVID-19 cases in the capital, Nairobi, continues to increase with each passing day, certain areas within the city are emerging as hotspots for the deadly virus. On Friday, the Ministry of Health identified Kawangware and Kilimani […]


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Health  / Killifi
Governor Kingi says Kilifi has no active COVID-19 case
KCD Writer Posted On May 1, 2020

Kilifi County Government is in the process of mobilizing Ksh 8.4 Million from both the County Government and Non-Government Organizations in the area.

Kilifi County Governor Amason Kingi announced that the county currently had no active COVID-19 case after the remaining two patients both recovered and were discharged from an isolation centre. Kingi made the announcement after he visited the Kenya Medical Research […]


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Editor's Choices  / Health  / Nairobi
Kawangware, Kilimani identified as COVID-19 hotspots in Nairobi
KCD Writer Posted On May 1, 2020


Kawangware and Kilimani areas have been identified as COVID-19 hotspots in the capital Nairobi, the Ministry of Health said on Friday. According to the ministry, Kawangware has recorded 13 COVID-19 cases while Kilimani has recorded nine cases. Nairobi County has […]


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