April 2020 BBCNews; US President Donald Trump has said he is going to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) because it has “failed in its basic duty” in its response to the coronavirus outbreak. He accused the UN agency of mismanaging and covering up the spread of the …

April 2020 theStandard; Between 800,000 and 2 million Kenyans could die from the novel coronavirus should the country get into a full-blown epidemic, a new study by scientists from Amref Health Africa says. According to the study released on Good Friday, most of the victims will be those aged above …

April 2020 theStar; Kenya has reported a total of 208 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus. This is after 11 more cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said the 11 were out of 674 samples that were tested. He said out of the 11, …

April 2020 Daily nation; The board of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has appointed Dr Peter Kamunyo Gathenge as the new chief executive officer with effect from next week on Tuesday. Dr Gathenge, a health care executive, takes over from Nicodemus Odongo who has been performing the role in …

April 2020 TheStandard; A patient who tested positive for coronavirus is under ventilation support, Ministry of Health Director-General Dr Patrick Amoth has revealed.During today’s routine briefing on the status of Covid-19 in the country, Dr Amoth said the patient was doing well and should be out of the ventilator in …

April 2020 YahooNews; Microsoft (MSFT) founder and philanthropic billionaire Bill Gates is spending billions of dollars on seven possible vaccines for the coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, in hopes of finding an end to the pandemic. Through his philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates revealed …

April 2020 theStandard; Fifteen Kenyans and a Nigerian have tested positive for Coronavirus. The 16 now move the national tally of active cases to 142 with 138 active cases. Out of the number, 11 have history of travel. Nine of the new cases were reported from the quarantine facilities. The …

April 2020 StandardNews; The Nairobi Hospital has suspended operations at all its six satellite clinics in a bid to help in the fight against coronavirus pandemic.The hospital management also recalled all staff to the main hospital to support inpatient management amid the pandemic.Chief Executive Officer Dr Allan Pamba said the …

April 2020 theStar; Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has announced 29 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the total number of patients past the 100 mark to 110. Out of this, 28 are Kenyans, while one is Congolese. In the last 24 hours, the government tested 662 samples, out of which the 29 …

April 2020 theStar; A clinical officer in Nairobi has become Kenya’s first health worker to contract coronavirus in the line of duty. She was taken ill last week at Ngara Health Centre in Nairobi, where she works. Her husband has also been confimed positive. Both are admitted and isolated at …