Health workforce, hospitals, isolation units and other systems put in place to fight Covid-19 at the Coast can withstand a second wave of the disease. Officials from all the coast counties are confident they can ride a second wave without many casualties. The county government has also started voluntary mass testing for all the county staff. Taita TavetaIn Taita Taveta county, 314 beds were set up to fight coronavirus, according to Health Services executive John Mwakima. "Healthcare facilities have become transmission hotspots where medics unknowingly get infected and spread this virus to innocent people seeking medical services," Kioko said.

Source: The Star October 30, 2020 14:03 UTC