Concern as Mbagathi, Kenyatta University Hospitals fill-up with COVID-19 patients

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government is now considering changing tack in handling the COVID-19 pandemic to adopt a home-based approach that could see patients in isolation ...

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MD Wachira Waruru, 8 top journalists from Royal Media Services conferred Presidential Award

By Citizen Reporter,

Royal Media Services Managing Director Wachira Waruru has been conferred The Presidential Order of Service, Uzalendo Award. President Uhuru Kenyatt...

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CS Kagwe justifies demotion of KEMRI Director over Covid-19 results

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe now says Dr. Joel Lutomiah, who was the Director, Centre for Virus Research at the Kenya Medical Research Instit...

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Dr. Patrick Amoth elected Vice President of WHO Executive Board

By Rachel Ombaka,

Director General of Health Dr. Patrick Amoth has been elected Vice President of the Executive Board of World Health Organisation for a 2-year term. ...

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August, September will be coronavirus peak months in Kenya – DG Amoth

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health Director General Patrick Amoth now says that Kenya will have its coronavirus peak in August and September. Speaking at Afya ...

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16 family members quarantined after remains of their diabetic kin tested positive for COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

16 family members have been sent into quarantine after coming into contact with their kin who died on Tuesday. The 55-year-old patient Ernest Kosge...

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Gov’t plans to start Covid-19 tests for all Kenyans who seek admission to hospitals

By Tonny Ndungu,

If new propositions by the Ministry of Health are passed, Kenyan hospitals will be required to test all admitted patients and those slated for admissi...

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‘Expect a surge in numbers in Kawangware’, DG Amoth says

By Citizen Reporter,

Seven more people from Kawangware have tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total number of cases in the area to 20. Dr. Patrick Amoth, the...

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Truth about Homa Bay driver who carried empty coffin – Amoth

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health Director General Patrick Amoth has watered down claims by asymptomatic truck driver who said in a viral video that he was wrong...

Kenyans quarantined at KU, JKUAT, KMTC get 14 more days for having ‘interactions’

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government has extended the quarantine period for all persons being held at Kenyatta University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Techn...

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Gov’t dispatches Covid-19 response team to Siaya on ‘urgent mission’

By Ian Omondi,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday revealed that a high-level team from his ministry had been dispatched to Siaya County on what he te...

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Gov’t: Kenyans who chose to be quarantined at Pride Inn Lantana hotel must pay their bills

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Government will not be taking care of bills that 42 Kenyans quarantined at the Pride Inn Lantana hotel incurred, government spokesperson Cyrus Ogu...

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42 Kenyans quarantined at Pride Inn stranded after hotel withdrew services

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Pride Inn Lantana Hotel in Nairobi has withdrawn all services to 42 people who had been placed under mandatory quarantine at its facility. Thos...

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Concerns rise over state of quarantine facilities in Kenya

By VOA,

Kenyan authorities faced a backlash this week after extending by two weeks a mandatory quarantine for people held in centers where coronavirus has bee...

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All health workers to be tested for coronavirus, gov’t to provide accommodation

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government is set to embark on a mass testing for all health workers in the country to ensure they are not exposed to the coronavirus while on the...

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Two-time London marathon winner, MCA, 20 others arrested in bar drinking during curfew

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kapchemutwa Ward MCA Ambrose Kiplagat popularly known as "Roho Juu" was on Thursday night arrested at a bar partying after curfew hours. Also arres...

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WAIHIGA: Why Kenya should monitor East Africa’s response to coronavirus

By Waihiga Mwaura,

One of the earliest known Greek poets, identified by the single name Hesiod once said: “A bad neighbour is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a ...

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Employers ordered to release employees no later than 4pm

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenyan employers have been ordered to release the non-critical or the non-essential services employees not later than 4pm daily. A gazettte notice ...

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9 more coronavirus cases reported in Kenya, total rises to 59

By Citizen Reporter,

The Ministry of Health has announced 9 more cases of coronavirus in Kenya bringing the total to 59. According to Chief Administrative Secretary Dr....

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Ministry of Health’s Patrick Amoth explains reason behind 7pm-5am curfew

By Tonny Ndungu,

Ministry of Health Director General Patrick Amoth now says there is a scientific reason as to why the Kenyan government imposed a 7PM-5AM curfew. S...

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