More than 5,000 health workers from 22 counties will be tested for Covid-19 to ensure they are safe while handling patients. The frontline health workers are drawn from counties in Rift Valley, Western and parts of Nyanza. This is after several truck drivers in Kenya and Uganda tested positive for the virus. Most truck drivers stop or spend the night in market centres and towns along the highway. He said since Covid-19 has disrupted importation, it is necessary for local researchers to be empowered to do more, especially in medicine.

Source: The Star April 28, 2020 18:56 UTC