AdvertisementEFFICIENCYFirst, telemedicine reduces person-to-person contact by keeping away uninfected people from health facilities, where they can catch coronavirus. With a wide-scale spread of the virus, patients suffering from other diseases — and who don't need hospitalisation — may consult their doctors by online means. Patients who can make online consultations say for diabetes, free up frontline health workers to handle Covid-19 patients. It reduces the chances of infecting health workers. Having been a pioneer in the use of mobile money services, Kenya can lead the region in deploying telemedicine.

Source: Daily Nation March 29, 2020 00:56 UTC