Tag Archives: Corona virus outbreak

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 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 …

March 2020 YahooNews; The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday approved the anecdotally promising malaria drug for emergency use to treat hospitalized patients for COVID-19. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in a statement it has accepted 30 million doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate donated by Sandoz, the Novartis …

March 2020 theStar; The family of the first Kenyan to die of Covid-19 now says he passed screening checks at the airports and didn’t have any symptoms such as coughing, sneezing or fever. The family of the late Eng. Maurice Barasa Namiinda in a statement on Sunday said he was …

March 2020 theStar; President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered a curfew in Kenya from 7pm to 5am, effective Friday. “This will be in effect to limit the spread of the (corona)virus,” he said on Wednesday. There had earlier been speculation of a lockdown in Kenya, however, goverenment spokesman Cyrus Oguna dismissed …

March 2020 YahooNews; Italians, their country locked down with the world’s second-highest number of COVID-19 infections after China, are sounding a dire warning for other countries about what could be in store for them if they don’t take the pandemic seriously. Italy’s coronavirus infections have surpassed 24,000. Over the weekend, …

March 2020 DailyNation; Nurses at Mbagathi Hospital, which has one of the three largest isolation camps for coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, are on a go-slow. The healthcare professionals are citing lack of adequate coronavirus training and little support to protect their families who they go home to every evening after working near patients …

March 2020 BBCNews; Many countries are taking tough measures to crack down on the spread of coronavirus, including school closures, an end to mass gatherings and severe travel restrictions. But the UK has adopted relatively modest control measures. The differences can be partly explained by the fact some of these …

March 2020 CNN; As coronavirus spreads across the globe, countries in Africa are taking preventive measures to keep the disease out and many are showing a strong level of preparedness to counter the spread of the virus.There are now more than 100 cases recorded in 11 countries in Africa, according …