Tag: Covid-19

Naivas gifts medical workers at Thika hospital Sh2,000 gift hampers each

The items had been donated by customers who shop at the chain store through the ‘Share Kidogo’ initiative that they launched a few years ago.

Night burials amid Tanzania’s coronavirus defiance

Opposition politicians, activists believe night burials may be part of cover-up by the authorities who have not been releasing regular updates.

Russia adds record 10,000 coronavirus cases in dramatic turnaround

Anger is rising among the country’s health workers after two dozen hospitals had to shut down for quarantines, with many doctors falling sick.

Why Nyoro wants Covid-19 mass testing in Thika’s Kiandutu slums

Nyoro says that he is expecting a respnose from Ministry of Health this week for mass testing of residents at Kiandutu slums to begin.

Covid-19: 30 new cases confirmed pushing total to 465 in Kenya

Kenya has confirmed 30 new Covid-19 cases spread out in Nairobi, Mombasa, Bungoma and Kitui counties. This now brings to 465 the number of coronavirus cases confirmed in the country. Of those 30 new cases, 19 are in Mombasa, eight in Nairobi, two in Bungoma and one in Kitui. Health Chief Administrative Secretary, Dr. Rashid […]

Revealed: Most counties not ready to tackle Covid-19 pandemic, Senate team warns

The majority of county governments are either not ready or ill-prepared to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic which is now in at least 21 counties, representatives of healthcare workers, unions and professional associations have said. They include health workers unions such as the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union, Kenya Union of Clinical Officers and the […]

Magufuli says to order Madagascar’s Covid-19 ‘herbal cure’, orders probe on lab over high positive results

So far, Tanzania has 297 active Covid-19 cases with 167 people having recovered and 17 died from the viral disease.