By OTIENO OTIENOMore by this AuthorJohn M. Barry, the American historian and author of The Great Influenza, in an interview on CGTN last week, pointed out several similarities between the 1918 pandemic and the current one, Covid-19. The 1918 outbreak struck amid World War I. Most governments, concerned more about winning or losing the military war, tended to play down the seriousness of the pandemic. AdvertisementCovid-19 might not have come in the thick of a world war. The looming PR disaster for the Kenyan authorities has less to do with any fears of an apocalypse.

Source: Daily Nation April 05, 2020 00:56 UTC