By PIUS MAUNDUMore by this AuthorTension is high in Makindu township, Makueni County where two people suspected to have coronavirus were isolated on Wednesday night. A truck driver and his turnboy who came from Tororo in Uganda were ordered to walk into Makindu Sub-county Hospital, while escorted by medics, where they were immediately isolated. A hospital source told the Nation that one of the two had tested positive for Covid-19. "They wanted to know if we took any cash from the two," one told the Nation after a meeting with detectives. Makueni County Commissioner Mohammed Maalim told reporters that the matter had been escalated to the national team coordinating the fight against coronavirus.

Source: Daily Nation April 16, 2020 09:22 UTC