Ngara Health Centre was temporarily shut down in April after three health workers (a laboratory technician and two clinical officers) and a security guard tested positive for Covid-19. According to the outgoing Kenya Medical Association Vice-President, Prof Lukoye Atwoli, unlike the general population, health workers face double the risk of infection. Prof Atwoli further said that health workers are just but the tip of the iceberg, and represent what is happening in the community. Of those workers, 86 (6.4 per cent) tested positive for the novel coronavirus, representing 0.9 per cent of all HCWs. Only 3 (3.5per cent) reported exposure to a patient who tested positive for Covid-19.

Source: Daily Nation July 14, 2020 13:30 UTC