Luckily for him, Mombasa had started rolling out home based care for asymptomatic patients, which he readily opted for. She explained that only asymptomatic patients without underlying medical conditions are allowed to opt for the home based care. Following the rise in Covid-19 cases, home based care became inevitable as the county began to experience pressure on isolation facilities besides the high cost of taking care of institutionalised patients. On Thursday, Mombasa announced that 335 patients in home based care had recovered. “There is need to activate and capacity-build at the community level to ensure home based care succeeds,” he said.

Source: Standard Digital July 14, 2020 21:01 UTC