The patient, an Italian man, had for the past two days been quarantined at Siha Hospital, a private facility in Mpeketoni, Lamu West. The man, 74, had high fever but his travelling history forced the medics at Siha Hospital to quarantine him earlier this week. Related Stories Italian quarantined in LamuAdvertisementOfficials from the Lamu County Health Department visited Siha Hospital and ferried the patient to King Fahad Hospital, which is the only facility with an isolation ward for Covid-19 in the region. You can’t risk us just like that by ferrying a patient suspected to suffer from the disease from Mpeketoni to Lamu island. However, speaking to the Nation shortly after the incident, Lamu County Youth Leader and activist Francis Mugo condemned the residents’ action saying they had overreacted.

Source: Daily Nation March 22, 2020 09:22 UTC