But four months later, the country seems to have lost the plot, with some of the measures being abandoned as infections continue to soar. “Our testing strategy has not been well-coordinated and while it was crucial to implement wide-scale testing from the beginning, the government failed from the get set-go,” he said. The ministry’s latest situation report notes little contact tracing is ongoing amid community infections. However, as the cases kept rising and spreading to almost all counties, especially in the rural areas, it became hard to do effective contact tracing. What would make you think we lost the plot when all over the world we are getting kudos?” he asked.

Source: Daily Nation July 13, 2020 07:52 UTC