Gitonga was the second case of a Covid-19 death of a healthcare professional in the country. LONG ABSENCEMrs Gitonga, a nurse working in Meru, said the last time she saw him was in March, just before curfew. “Healthcare workers should be protected. The latest health worker to pay the ultimate price was Dr Doreen Adisa Lugaliki, a consultant obstetrician and gynecologist, who died on Friday at Aga Khan Hospital. Currently, some 361 healthcare workers have tested positive for the disease, which has already killed 197 Kenyans.

Source: Daily Nation July 13, 2020 17:26 UTC