How the tea drinkers missed the mark.
A short thread
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Testing
From the beginning, there was a monumental problem with testing — managing a dismal 50 tests per positive case in May as South Africa, Uganda and Rwanda did 200K, 333 and 100 respectively.
nation.co.ke/kenya/news/how…
A short thread
1/
Testing
From the beginning, there was a monumental problem with testing — managing a dismal 50 tests per positive case in May as South Africa, Uganda and Rwanda did 200K, 333 and 100 respectively.
nation.co.ke/kenya/news/how…
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Public testing
The Nation has established that State testing centres, including the National Public Health Laboratory Services, KNH and Kemri are no longer testing the public
Govt officials have so far downplayed the effectiveness of wider testing
nation.co.ke/kenya/news/kem…
Public testing
The Nation has established that State testing centres, including the National Public Health Laboratory Services, KNH and Kemri are no longer testing the public
Govt officials have so far downplayed the effectiveness of wider testing
nation.co.ke/kenya/news/kem…
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Contact tracing:
The ministry’s latest situation report notes little contact tracing is ongoing amid community infections. Only eight out of 47 counties are submitting reports.
28 counties with active cases did not submit their updates on contact tracing
Contact tracing:
The ministry’s latest situation report notes little contact tracing is ongoing amid community infections. Only eight out of 47 counties are submitting reports.
28 counties with active cases did not submit their updates on contact tracing
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Isolation beds
As the numbers continued to rise, the government announced yet another pillar to its strategy — setting up 300-bed capacity isolation units in all the 47 counties.
Only 23 counties had met the target with 9,300 isolation beds against a target of 30,500 units.
Isolation beds
As the numbers continued to rise, the government announced yet another pillar to its strategy — setting up 300-bed capacity isolation units in all the 47 counties.
Only 23 counties had met the target with 9,300 isolation beds against a target of 30,500 units.
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The Covid situation is being mismanaged at all levels...
Langata hospital is now in a squabble with Kemri over testing testing all samples vs F&B samples.
The hospital charges Sh5,500 for testing, with Sh1,500 is for fuel and Sh4,000 paid to Kemri
nation.co.ke/kenya/news/cov…
The Covid situation is being mismanaged at all levels...
Langata hospital is now in a squabble with Kemri over testing testing all samples vs F&B samples.
The hospital charges Sh5,500 for testing, with Sh1,500 is for fuel and Sh4,000 paid to Kemri
nation.co.ke/kenya/news/cov…
