From refusing to meet family members to having to accept the stigmatisation that comes with handling Covid-19 patients, Kilifi frontline health workers speak out about the sacrifices entailed in the fight against the coronavirus. Mariam is the nurse in charge of the department tasked with the fight against the coronavirus in Kilifi county. She says health workers are making huge sacrifices, some that are costing them both at the workplace and the society in general. She said one of the health workers in Kilifi was among the first patients to contract the disease. Kilifi Health executive Charles Dadu said the county has had two waves of infections with six cases recorded in the first wave.

Source: The Star July 14, 2020 18:56 UTC