Two Rift Valley governors have called for a total lockdown of counties to curb the spread of Covid-19 amid an increasing daily tally as mass testing takes place. In addition, Governor Cyprian Awiti said the county will receive 10 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds for the county referral hospital. “We will have a total of 80 beds when the two new isolation centers are set up,” he stated. MIGORIIn Migori, where two Covid-19 cases were reported over the weekend, 17 close contacts were put in mandatory quarantine as county health teams continued tracing more people. County Health Executive Iscah Oluoch said those quarantined at Mabera Sub-county Hospital included close family members and neighbours suspected to have interacted with the two.

Source: Daily Nation May 06, 2020 12:33 UTC