Ministry of Health Director General Patrick Amoth on Thursday poked holes in claims that there have been 4,000 teenage pregnancies from Machakos since the onset of Covid-19 pandemic in the country. However, the DG said division reproductive health officers are looking into data for verification as it may not be far-fetched. "According to the Kenya developed Health sector survey 2019, 400, 000 teenagers get pregnant every year. So one county recording 4000 would also not be far-fetched," he said. Meanwhile, Education CS George Magoha earlier on Thursday dismissed the reported number of close to 153,000 teenage pregnancies during the Covid-19 period as obnoxious.

Source: The Star June 18, 2020 14:59 UTC